Huge iceberg breaks apart from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
1. Satellites watched it happenChevron Down (European Space Agency) A gigantic chunk of Greenland just broke free, and…
Retreating Arctic sea ice exposes a hidden seafloor trap that could starve plankton of the nutrient they need
A little-known process on the Arctic seafloor is coming into focus as sea ice retreats, and scientists say…
A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover
For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the…
Drowned chicks and food scarcity: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered
The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal have been reclassified as ‘Endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation…
Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
At the top of the planet, the cap of sea ice across Arctic waters grows and shrinks with…
China’s huge push to reduce air pollution had an unexpected consequence in the Arctic
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Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters – NASA Science
For most of the year, ice blankets the waterways of the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago. But during the…
For Antarctic Penguins, Molting Can Now Be Deadly
Emperor penguins can’t skip their annual wardrobe change, and that may now be killing them. A new…
Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study
Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the…
Trump administration solicits interest in seafloor mining off Alaska
Cloud patterns and the midnight sun reflect on the surface of the Chukchi Sea on July 10, 2021.…
NISAR Sample Data Products Available
The NASA-Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission Team has released nine new NISAR sample…
‘It’s like a big equation with many unknowns’
In a recent study, researchers explored 30,000 years of changes in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Their…