Researchers in the Arctic Ocean map undersea methane pockets distributed across a 250-million-year-old 'fault zone' that could accelerate ice sheet withdrawal with future ruptures ...

Shipping routes across the Arctic are going to open up significantly this century even with a best-case reduction in CO2 emissions, a new study suggests, external. University of Reading, UK ...

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The Central Arctic Ocean plays a pivotal role in regional and global climate and ocean circulation, and influences UK weather patterns. About the research In order to formulate appropriate policy ...

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The Arctic Ocean floor just got a little less mysterious. A team of international researchers has compiled the most detailed map of the Arctic seabed to date. It was published earlier this month ...

Glaciers and ice caps in parts of the Russian Arctic are losing meltwater equivalent to nearly five million Olympic-sized swimming pools every year, research has indicated.. Data collected from ...

New depth map of the Arctic Ocean. University of Barcelona. Journal Scientific Data DOI 10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9 ...

As climate change brings closer the possibility of an Arctic Ocean free of summer sea ice, scientists are urgently trying to understand the high north before it changes for good.