Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures linger near record highs ...

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

which combines the amount of sea ice present in the Arctic and Antarctic, hit a new low in early February and remained below the previous record from 2023 for the rest of the month. In particular ...

Global sea ice extent fell to its lowest recorded value in February, according to data analyzed by the Copernicus Climate ...

There is much scientific disagreement about the remote effects of Arctic sea ice loss. So far, many studies have focused on the long-term effects, on a scale of centuries. Others have investigated ...

Sea ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is breaking away from its usual winter rhythms. This year, the ice was drastically below ...

Arctic ice, record heat The bulletin attributes the warm boreal winter temperatures this season as the driving force behind the sea ice decline at the poles. Overall, the boreal winter ...

That helped push combined Antarctic and Arctic sea ice cover -- ocean water that freezes and floats on the surface -- to a record minimum extent of 16.04 million square kilometres on February 7 ...

Its decline accelerates global warming, increases sea level rise and helps to drive more extreme weather. The Arctic is the early warning system for climate change and the loss of sea ice is a ...

which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and Antarctic, has records that date back to the late 1970s. Previously, 2023 held the record low for global ice following decades of decline.