There is a moment each year when the Arctic stops reflecting light and starts holding it. It does not announce itself.

Beyond rising temperatures, the indirect effects of global warming, such as greater human activity in the region, add further ...

The Arctic Ocean is often described as remote, frozen, and far away from daily life. But new scientific findings show that changes happening there are closely connected to the planet’s ability to ...

As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary.

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

For decades, oceanographers have known that something did not add up in the deep sea. Huge predators like sharks and tunas ...

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ship Fairweather and the University of New Hampshire analyze mapping data in the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s computer lab while ...

The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts ...

As Earth warms, the Arctic Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion, according to new research. A study published ...

A multinational scientific team led by UiT has uncovered the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on the planet. The discovery ...

The loss of Arctic sea ice has long been a graphic measure of human-caused climate change, with wrenching images of suffering polar bears illustrating a worsening planetary crisis. Now, new research ...

Last week we reported that the Transglobal Car Expedition was attempting a tricky rescue operation to recover one of its Arctic Trucks Ford F-150s that had fallen through the ice and sunk to the ...