Melting ice is causing changes to the shoreline, animal behavior and even leading to new archaeological discoveries as centuries-old artifacts are revealed for the first time. Take a look at some ...

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and least deep among the five great oceans in the world, and is about 14 million square ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

The following is the July 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for ...

Explorer-turned-conservationist Pen Hadow wants to create an internationally agreed marine reserve in the Central Arctic Ocean by 2037.

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Exploring the Arctic Ocean Article by Adam Thomas Photos by Paige Hagel, Yusuke Kohama, Kazu Tateyama and Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai March 19, 2025 UD doctoral student Tianyu Zhou spent month at sea on ...

Our best models currently predict the Arctic will be "sea ice free" within the next few decades, perhaps as soon as the 2030s. Antarctica's sea ice is more of a mystery.

Marine mammals struggling to feed their young are abandoning key habitats as underwater noise from human activity grows louder – a threat that's now been recognised by dozens of countries in an ...

Continuously hotter summers and less sea ice are remaking the Arctic. Some researchers wonder what opportunities might appear, for plants, animals — and global commerce.