`Arctic sea ice could disappear within 10 years`

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 12:50

In an alarming sign, scientists have warned that Arctic sea ice is dramatically melting at a faster rate than previously thought, which may accelerate the effects of global warming.

CryoSat offers view of changes in Arctic sea-ice thickness

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 12:50

After almost a year and a half of operations, CryoSat has yielded its first seasonal variation map of Arctic sea-ice thickness.

`Loss of Arctic sea ice may up mercury deposits`

Last Updated: Friday, March 2, 2012, 10:44

Declines in perennial Arctic sea ice over the past decade may be intensifying a chemical reaction that leads to deposits of toxic mercury.

Thickest Arctic Sea ice melting much faster

Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 12:45

The thicker ice, known as multi-year ice, survives through the cyclical summer melt season, when young ice that has formed over winter just as quickly melts again.

Arctic sea ice decline may be behind current cold

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 13:22

Shrinking arctic ice could be triggering widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere in recent years.

Arctic changes could spell dire consequences

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 14:17

The first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic could spell dire consequences for the whole of humankind, scientists warn.

Arctic sea `could be ice free by 2015`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 14:39

Arctic Sea could be ice free by the summer of 2015, a leading ocean expert in Britain has claimed.

Arctic Sea could become iceless by century-end

Last Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 00:17

The Arctic has been losing about 10 percent of its permanent ice layer every 10 years since 1980.

Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest level

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 18:24

The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean in September declined to the second-lowest on record, said experts.

Arctic Sea ice shrinks to second lowest level

Last Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 08:27

Arctic Sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, mostly blaming global warming.

Summer Arctic sea ice melt near record

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 08:30

Arctic sea ice this summer melted to a record low extent or will come a close second, two different research institutes said on Tuesday, confirming a trend which could yield an ice-free summer within a decade.