Most of Greenland’s meltwater takes weeks to reach the ocean. A recently published study highlights an innovative new method ...

Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict whether that ...

This type of ice shields the continent's ice from ocean waves. In the process, distinct ecological habitats for species ...

Explorer Pen Hadow is campaigning for a North Pole marine reserve to protect the Arctic’s peoples, its species and its ...

Here are some of the many worthy projects we covered in 2024 that we regrettably couldn't fit into our Top 10 list.

Some experts believe we could hit catastrophic climate ‘tipping points’ in a matter of years. The U.K. government, with a bit ...

It’s 12 or 14 miles across the ice, and I could tell China was uncertain when she hit grass — the low mud edge of Egg Island.

The Arctic is “where the confrontation of the world’s leading states is unfolding,” the head of the Russian Navy said at a recent forum in St. Petersburg where regional cooperation had traditionally ...

“But it will show that we’ve fundamentally altered one of the defining characteristics of the natural environment in the Arctic Ocean, which is that it is covered by sea ice and snow year ...

The article reports on results from return studies in 2016 and 2023 to the Polaris hydrothermal field on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. Initial reports about the Polaris ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer ...