Environment
Alarming milestone: the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in just 3 years
New research sounds the alarm: At the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, the Arctic Ocean will have its first ice-free day in 2027.
Sea Ice
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Environment
Arctic refreezing plan achieves positive results
Field tests show that pumping seawater into snow on top of Arctic sea ice thickens the ice sheet, providing a viable way to maintain ice cover through the summer.
Environment
Chinese scientists accurately predict sea ice in Antarctica thanks to machine learning
The research team used a long-term oriented short-term neural network (ConvLSTM) to build a seasonal-scale Antarctic sea ice prediction model.
Environment
Strange measure to support the fight against climate change in the Arctic
Off the coast of Northern Canada, a group of scientists closely monitors the process of pumping seawater onto the surface of sea ice. Their goal is to slow down global w…
Videos
Melting ice creates a huge wave that almost swept away visitors
The video captures the moment when a giant iceberg crashed into the sea, creating huge waves that flooded the shore, causing the tourists to watch and run away in panic.
Oceanography
Sea ice near Greenland is at its lowest level in 800 years
New research to rebuild the ice level on the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present shows that there has never been a low amount of sea…
Oceanography
NASA: Arctic sea ice narrowed significantly
How long will we see a Arctic without ice in the summer? Studies based on NASA's ICESat satellite will reveal that.
Scientific application
Vietnamese scientists create devices to turn seawater into snow ice
After two minutes of starting the system, the seawater pumped into liquid stone. Depending on the needs, users can adjust the density of the stone.
Environment
7 irreplaceable roles of the Arctic sea ice
Global warming phenomenon is causing ice in polar regions to melt at unprecedented speed.
Environment
The Arctic might melt ice in the middle of the century
The melting sea ice will lead to weather disasters in most Northern Hemisphere countries and accelerate global warming.
Environment
Giant ice breaks 1,000km long in the Beaufort Sea
Large currents, many of which are up to 500km long and 70km wide, have opened on frozen sea surfaces from Alaska to the Arctic islands of Canada as huge ice sheets break…
Environment
Arctic sea ice area is at a record low
Antara cited sources from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), saying the Arctic sea ice area has dropped to 4.21 million km2, the lowest level since the satel…