What's cooler than being cool? Brine-cold. When salt-rich water leaks out of sea ice, it sinks into the sea and can occasionally create an eerie finger of ice called a brinicle. New research explains how these strange fingers of ice form and how the salty water within sea ice could have been a prime Full story
Over the past 30 years, the Arctic has warmed more than any other place on the planet, and that warming and the resulting melt of the region's sea ice presents a number of potential adverse effects, from impacts on weather systems to the decline in the habitats of native species. Full story
By the time today's babies graduate college, there's a very good chance they could celebrate with a cruise across the North Pole. Full story
It may be time to retire the groundhog and start tracking Arctic sea ice for a better prediction of late-winter weather. Full story
After a brief winter vacation, NASA's polar ice surveyors are back in business. Full story
Though every day brings more sunlight, February is still one of the coldest months in the Arctic. The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now nearing its winter maximum, but the effects of a February storm markedly illustrate the changes that have happened with the Arctic sea ice cover under the effects Full story
Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl in the background is shown in this picture taken during an Operation IceBridge survey flight in April 2013. Sea ice coverage in the fjord ranges from thicker, white ice seen in the background, to thinner grease ice and leads showing open ocean w
RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, in the midst of their ICESCAPE mission, retrieves supplies for some mid-mission fixes dropped by parachute from a C-130 in the Arctic Ocean in this July 12, 2011 NASA handout photo obtained by Reuters June 11, 2011. Scie
A free-swimming robot submarine maneuvers beneath sea ice in Eastern Antarctica in this undated photo made available on Oct. 11, 2012. Scientists have produced the first three dimensional map of the surface beneath Antarctic sea ice, helping them better understand the impact of climate change on Ant
Wildlife biologist Ian Bullock says shrinking areas of sea ice are forcing polar bears into smaller areas and more intense competition.
