Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published ...

A massive jellyfish with tentacles stretching more than 100 feet washed ashore a Maine beach last weekend — with swimmers and ...

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be gone by the 2030s, no matter what we do to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, ... What does this mean for the people and animals who live in the Arctic?

The Arctic Ocean may be the world's smallest, ... Terrestrial animals like polar bears rely on sea ice to traverse the landscape in search of food and to hunt, particularly seals.

Polynyas are more than holes in Antarctic ice – they’re vital hotspots where marine life thrives and the ocean breathes ...

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

For comparison, recent years have seen the Arctic Ocean with a minimum sea ice cover in September of around 1,274,000 square miles, ... These animals depend on sea ice for their survival.

Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought — and that the Arctic may start to see its first “ice-free” days within the current decade.

Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...

We propose that the Arctic Ocean monument encompass all U.S. federal waters (3-200 miles offshore) from the Northern Bering Sea north along the Russia-U.S. maritime boundary, and east to the ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

Should the Arctic ice continue to melt, sea levels will rise. Higher temperatures in the Arctic could affect weather in parts of North America, Europe and Asia with extreme rainfall and heat waves.