A surging supply of thick sea ice — fragmenting due to the warming effects of climate change — is shortening the shipping season through the Northwest Passage, a new study has found. While previous ...
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE—Climate change is melting sea ice at a quickening pace, and in the process rekindling dreams that have beguiled seafarers for centuries: finding an alternative shipping route to ...
An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an ...