For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

The authors project that the Arctic may be sea-ice-free in September by 2030–2050 under all emission scenarios. This contrasts with previous assessments discussed in the sixth assessment report ...

The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn – another clear sign the climate crisis is happening faster than expected as the world continues to ...

The doings of creatures under the Arctic sea ice are many, but they are rarely observed by humans; it's pretty hard to get under the ice to look. In recent years, marine biologist Andy Juhl and ...

"Specialist" lifeforms that live under Arctic sea ice are at risk as the ice retreats, new research shows. Scientists studied microscopic organisms in four environments—open ocean, river mouths ...

Algae under Arctic sea ice blooms in near-darkness "When the snow on top of the ice gets warmer, the algae residing on the underside of the ice receive more light," researcher Lars Chresten Lund ...

Plankton under sea ice may disrupt Arctic food chain. By Sara Reardon. 7 June 2012 ... have managed to thrive under ice sheets that are thinning as the poles become warmer.

Sea ice algae is an essential resource for the survival of many species living in the Arctic. Traces of ice algae have been found in many animal groups from tiny filter-feeding shrimp to large ...

Experts were shocked to find a thick, 60-mile-long "phytoplankton megabloom" under Arctic sea ice, announcing in a study Thursday that ice made thinner by warming temperatures has, for now at ...

The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn – another clear sign the climate crisis is happening faster than expected as the world continues to ...