The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

The ice–ocean drag from internal waves is relevant for shallow mixed layer depth and the presence of a density ... There is an increase of up to 15% in thickness and ice concentration in the Canadian ...

Deadhorse, along the southern coast of the Arctic Ocean, set an all-time high of 89 on Aug. 6 and was warmer than most places on the Florida Peninsula. Heat and rapid ice melt near Norway On the ...

Scientists have been studying glaciers in the Svalbard area for two decades Glaciers in the Arctic ... ocean. But as glaciers melt they "calve" great chunks of ice into the sea, causing huge waves.

Alongside the heat wave, and possibly because of it, Arctic sea ice coverage dropped suddenly this month, according to data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. At the other pole ...

A research team led by EPFL scientists has developed a system that provides key insight into the relationship between sea ...