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Loss of Arctic sea ice has tipped the ocean from light-limited to nitrate-limited, starving plankton and the food chain stacked above them
Phytoplankton across most of the Arctic Ocean are now starving for nitrogen rather than struggling for light, a shift that ...
Scientists succeeded in thickening and lightening Arctic ice using seawater in an innovative climate experiment.
In 2026, the Arctic winter sea-ice extent (annual maximum extent) reached the lowest value since satellite observations began in 1979, following the previous record low in March 2025. As part of the ...
Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the ...
For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached ...
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Arctic sea ice hits a record low - as scientists warn we're inching closer to a 'point of no return'
Arctic sea ice has hit a record low following unusually warm temperatures in two key areas, Japan's National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) has warned. The Arctic's annual maximum extent – the ...
The shell of ice that expands atop the Arctic Ocean every winter has done all the growing it will do this season—and that hasn’t been much. In fact, the annual winter maximum sea ice extent this year ...
The North Pole’s sea ice has reached its lowest level for the winter season as increasing temperatures break records across the continents, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), ...
(a) Interannual variability in Arctic sea-ice extent maximum (1979–2026). In 2026, the annual maximum extent reached a record low of 13.76 million square kilometers on March 13 (indicated by the red ...
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