A major shift in western Arctic wind patterns occurred throughout the winter of 2017 and the resulting changes in sea ice movement are possible indicators of a changing climate, says a researcher. A ...

Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common geometric design. Urchin skeletons display “an incredible diversity of structures at the microscale, varying from fully ordered to ...

The shrinking of Arctic sea ice could impact daily weather patterns across the United States, a new study has found. The study published in the Journal of Climate by researchers at Penn State ...

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The National Hurricane Center has recently released its latest outlook for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, and it paints a picture of an active season with between 14 and 21 named ...

Is it a butterfly? A bee? An alien? Nope! It’s a sea snail. A sea snail. From the sea. This aptly-named Arctic “sea butterfly” (Limacina helicina) is the subject of a new study in the Journal of ...

The “warm Arctic–cold Eurasia” is one of the most significant patterns of winter climate system changes in the mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. In winter 2020/21, this large-scale ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American This month marks the beginning of the ...