The Arctic Ocean is a vast and pristine expanse that has long been a defining feature of the planet, but now it stands on the ...

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but ...

A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

New regulations present challenges to wildlife viewing in Svalbard, but they haven’t sent tourism into a deep freeze, says ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is an important climate indikator, in particular the summer ice. The September sea ice extent ...

ConocoPhillips is pushing to explore for more oil near its mammoth Willow project in Alaska, betting there are vast reserves ...

President Donald Trump signed a budget bill with almost $25 billion for new Coast Guard construction, including almost $9 ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.