The Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres on February 25 - earlier than usual - and was roughly 770,000 square ki...

The data compiled by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Nasa also revealed that the last eight years were th...

Washington, March 6 (IANS) Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic -- formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded from global wa...

The first 11 months of 2017 were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much-warmer-than-average conditions engulfing much...

Up to four times more coastal glaciers in Greenland are at risk of accelerated melting than previously thought, say scientists who have map...

Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) At 4.64 million square kilometeres, Arctic Sea ice minimum extent in 2017 is the eighth lowest in the consistent ...

Washington, July 12 (IANS) Arctic winter warming events -- winter days when temperatures peak above minus 10 degrees Celsius -- are becomin...

London, Dec 20 (IANS) Thanks to the warming temperatures, Arctic lakes, covered with ice during the winter months, are melting earlier each...

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The 2016 Arctic sea ice cover tied with 2007 for the second lowest yearly minimum on record, according to a new r...

Due to changing climate, Arctic regions of North America are getting greener, with almost a third of land cover looking more like landscape...

BRUIE became the first satellite operated under-ice vehicle, when NASA engineers wheeled it around beneath an ice-sheet near Barrow, Alaska.

Parkinson used microwave data collected by NASA and Department of Defence satellites for her study published in the Journal of Climate.

Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent in February this year and it was the fifth lowest in the past 35 years, according to a NAS...

Scientists have rung another warning bell about changes in the fragile ecosystem of the Arctic, saying that vegetation found in areas sever...

It's now a fact. The North Pole has become an "island" for the first time in history, courtesy global warming.

The historically less-than-50 per cent odds of success loomed heavily as NASA scientists readied for the landing of the 420-million-dollar ...