New satellite data has revealed a shocking decline in sea ice at both the Arctic and Antarctic, with coverage shrinking to a record low of 6.08 million square miles (15.76 million square kilometers) ...

New research reveals that Arctic sea ice loss can disrupt weather worldwide, making California drier while increasing winter ...

Global sea ice cover reached record lows in February 2025, highlighting urgent climate change impacts and the need for ...

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has used a novel approach to unravel the ...

The ice I’m looking at has been basking in direct ... The Swiss cheese holes are due to something called the albedo effect. When light falls on a surface, two things can happen.

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most solar radiation passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason ...

Antarctic researchers are warning of a runaway ice-albedo feedback loop. But what is it? The actor reveals his rituals with his famous father-in-law, including 'letting him win' at chess.

There is much scientific disagreement about the remote effects of Arctic sea ice ... The disappearance of sea ice changes the surface albedo, i.e. the reflectivity of the Arctic Ocean, but also ...

Warm Atlantic waters are rapidly reshaping the Siberian Arctic, sparking an era of unprecedented sea ice loss—something that will have ongoing implications for the region’s ecosystem and climate, says ...

Ice sheets, shelves and glaciers act as giant reflective surfaces, bouncing sunlight back into space. In doing so, they keep the Earth cool (this is called the albedo effect). But as we lose those ...