"One-tenth of the global oceans are frozen, including the rapidly changing Arctic, Antarctic, and Southern Ocean. These ...

The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the ... to peek into the genomes of a few of the animals to find out where they came from.

Earlier this year our international team of scientists from the Refuge Arctic consortium departed Iqaluit, Nvt. on a 56-day ...

This aligns with observations of long-term warming for Arctic surface ocean waters. Sea ice-dependent animals can also be forced ashore or into longer fasting seasons. The Arctic shipping season ...

Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as permafrost thaws, and increasing flooding and coastal erosion as sea levels ...