On the other end of the planet, Antarctic sea ice is heavily affected by local weather and ocean factors. In February, ...
Sea ice is sticking to Alaska's northern coast for less time each year, according to 27 years of data analyzed by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists. Such landfast ice, which stays attached to ...
Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...
This year's winter record low is 1.36 million square kilometers (525,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 average, ...
Rising temperatures are causing sea levels to rise around the world, putting millions at risk of severe flooding and coastal erosion. But in Greenland, the opposite is happening. Researchers at the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A new study reveals scientists have been underestimating global sea levels for decades, potentially putting ...
A sailboat owner has been given a 30-day deadline by a municipal court to remove his stranded vessel from a Sea Girt beach. The boat has been beached for four months after the owner mistook a beacon ...
Climate change is reshaping life on Earth at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, species are shifting their ranges, altering migration routes and breeding earlier in the year in response to ...
Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class ...