Study predicts Arctic ice-free day as early as 2027 due to climate change Urgent action needed to delay Arctic ice loss and prevent global impact Ice-free day signals profound environmental shifts and ...

“But it will show that we’ve fundamentally altered one of the defining characteristics of the natural environment in the Arctic Ocean, which is that it is covered by sea ice and snow year ...

However, it underscores a stark reality: greenhouse gas emissions have fundamentally transformed the Arctic Ocean’s natural environment. Once defined by its year-round sea ice and snow cover ...

Here’s how it works. The Arctic Ocean could have its first ice free day as soon as 2027, an alarming new study reveals. Arctic sea ice has been melting at an unprecedented rate of more than 12% ...

The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the region rapidly warms. Two small, genetically distinct groups of killer whales now live in the ...

The Arctic Ocean could have a period effectively devoid of ice as soon as summer 2027, new research shows. The exact date is not a prediction; there is enough annual variation and uncertainty that ...

If the Arctic does go ice-free, it would notably enhance the warming of the upper ocean, accelerating sea ice loss year round and therefore further accelerating climate change. Additionally ...

The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could happen within three years, according to a new study. A team of international researchers have used computer models to predict that the ominous ...

“When we reach ice-free conditions then the majority of the Arctic Ocean, 94 percent of it, will have no ice anymore. So, we’re going from a white Arctic ocean to a blue Arctic ocean. And ...