A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed ...

The U.S. Government does not have a good grasp on the federally-funded research needs for advancing U.S. national interests ...

As temperatures rise, reindeer face a growing struggle to reach the lichen they depend on. More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea ...

June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday. Researchers from Aarhus University and the ...

Scientists used ice cores and underwater drones during an expedition to understand how life survived in the extreme ...

The Arctic Ocean could see "ice-free" days within a matter of years—potentially a decade earlier than was previously predicted. This is the warning of a team of researchers from the University of ...

A newly launched Arctic itinerary from expedition line HX partners with Indigenous groups on excursions and activities that ...

The international BIOCAL expedition, led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), provided new evidence on the phenomenon of ...

A sperm whale lies on its side amid shards of polar pack ice, dead and decomposing, its mouth hanging open in a silent scream ...

The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius by ...

Bids for oil exploration rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain will be opened on Jan. 10, a day later than originally scheduled, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has said.

A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part of a delicate Arctic environment that is now ...