Arctic and Antarctic regions faced significant ice losses in 2024, with Arctic sea ice reaching its seventh-lowest extent on ...
While there have been signs the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has slowed, it could soon stop altogether. That ...
The weakening of an important ocean current has caused "catastrophic" climate shifts in the past and offers new clues to what ...
This map shows Antarctic sea ice concentration on September 19, 2024, the likely date of the 2024 hemispheric maximum. Higher ...
Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their ...
As NASA's Earth Observatory points out, it is the declines in sea ice at the other pole, in the Arctic, that are pushing down the global sea ice trend,“ the article explained. ”Unlike the ...
It is cause for concern for the future because climate models suggest the AMOC will likely weaken again under global warming, ...
A new study finds that abnormally warm temperatures in the Arctic could bring cold-air outbreaks and heavy snowfall to North ...
The World Wildlife Fund reports that 60% of polar bear subpopulations live in Canada. Polar bears live on the sea ice where their favorite snacks (seals) live. You can find polar bears on land if ...
Atmospheric rivers —those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West ...
Global mean sea level rose rapidly following the last ice age approximately 20,000 years ago. However, the rate of sea level rise slowed and has been nearly stable over the last few thousand years.
Climate change has reshaped global security from the types of threats, to what, how, who, when, why and where military forces ...