Throughout August 2025, sea ice rapidly melted and compacted north of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, initiated by a warm pulse ...

Ensign Valarie Hines, an ice pilot aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), breaks through Arctic ice on the Beaufort ...

In January, sea ice severed a fiber-optic cable running along the floor of the Beaufort Sea several miles off the North Slope. The line is a key piece of Northwest Alaska’s broadband infrastructure, ...

Lagoons along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast are seasonally productive during ice-free months (i.e., the open water season) and support diverse food webs that include or sustain fish, migratory birds, ...