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

The coldest country in the world offers a remote destination with rewarding experiences of northern lights viewing, polar ...

Even during the coldest 750,000 years, the Arctic Ocean had open water and sustained life thanks to seasonal sea ice. “Our ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

The Healy cruise was part of a project carried out over several years to map the extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean beyond the nation’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.

The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an area where U.S. territorial rights are unclear.

Thinner Arctic sea ice may affect global ocean circulation Date: March 31, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing ...

How the link between reduced Arctic sea ice and a weakening of the AMOC may develop in the future is something the researchers now want to study more closely. Reference: Athanase M, Köhler R, Heuzé C, ...

Science News: A groundbreaking seafloor map of the Arctic Ocean reveals an area twice the size of France, part of the global Seabed 2030 project. This discovery enh ...