Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last week, scientists were pulling together the latest data for NOAA’s monthly report on the climate when they noticed something strange: One of their key ...

This map shows the current sea level around the Arctic region, with BIWS indicating the location of the ice wedges near Barrow, Alaska. Map provided by the Japan consortium for Arctic Environmental ...

Above: An aerial image of Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska. Barrow is located at a latitude of 71°17’26”, about 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Every month since December 2015 the temperature has ...

Above: The sun sets over sea ice on the Chukchi Sea near Barrow, Alaska. This archival photo was taken in spring during the OASIS (Ocean_Atmosphere_Sea Ice_Snowpack) field project. Image credit: UCAR ...