A newly established consortium is going to develop a network for low Earth orbit satellites delivering ice chart data to ships at sea.

shipping, finding ice-free water for safe passage, and guiding ice-breakers. This information is vital to the Coast Guard, commercial fishermen, maritime transport industries, and offshore ...

A chart showing declining ice levels at the planet’s poles sent some corners of the Internet into a mild tizzy over the last few days.

From the Arctic Sea Ice Blog, this chart shows the extent of (what else) Arctic sea ice by month since 1979, with trend lines drawn in. On current trends, the Arctic will be entirely ice-free in ...

But after years in which Antarctic waters appeared to be a rare ocean of climatological calm, the region’s sea-ice charts now look just as stormy as the notoriously turbulent Southern Ocean.

For years scientist have known permafrost can act as reliable gauge to chart climate change in the north. A new study in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals the wide extent and speed in which ...