The U. S. military has decided to stop sharing weather satellite data with scientists and forecasters. This data has been crucial for tracking hurricanes and monitoring sea ice. The decision comes as hurricane season heats up and sea ice hits record lows. For decades, the Navy has been collecting weather data from satellites. This information has been used for real-...

The Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido, Japan, has a long history of sea ice formation. This has shaped the lives of people living there. The ice's behavior is not just a local thing. It's influenced by big weather patterns in the North Pacific. To understand these changes, researchers have put together a long record of sea ice observations. This record goes back to the 1890s...

Climate models are like crystal balls for scientists. They help us see what might happen in the future. But, they are not always right. Especially when it comes to the Arctic. The Arctic is warming and getting wetter. This is a big deal. But, how much and how fast? That's where things get tricky. Scientists have been using fancy computer programs to predict wha...

Did you know that sea ice can influence how some underwater plants in Antarctica grow and what nutrients they provide? Scientists looked at how different amounts of sea ice affect four common marine plants along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. They found that while sea ice coverage can change how many plants there are, it doesn't really affect what nutrients these p...

Sea ice plays a crucial role in Earth's climate and weather, but understanding it, especially in areas like the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ), is tough. The MIZ, where ocean waves affect sea ice, is particularly tricky to monitor due to the short lifespan of buoys deployed there. To tackle this, a study released 79 affordable OpenMetBuoys (OMBs) around Svalbard in 2022-202...