The team recorded a total of 478 different organisms, including comb jellies, arrowworms, snailfish and shrimp. In one clip, ...

The team collected soil from Svalbard, an archipelago between Norway and the North Pole.

China’s 104-meter ship returns from a record-breaking Arctic mission. Discover the tech that dove 5,277 meters beneath the ...

The Arctic is a vast region surrounding the northern areas of the world. Often referred to as the Arctic Circle, it includes parts of Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, and more. Aside from ...

The ice is at the mercy of winds controlling where warmer Atlantic Ocean water goes A flip-flopping, yearslong pattern of winds helps control the fate of the Arctic’s sea ice — by regulating how much ...

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world, and in some areas as much as seven times. That’s according to new research by a group of Norwegian scientists. This effect, dubbed ...

In a normal year, November is the month when frozen water reconnects friends and families on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. In the Inuktitut language, the word for November—Tusaqtuut—means ...

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New research by an international team of scientists explains what's behind a stalled trend in Arctic Ocean sea ice loss since 2007. The findings indicate that stronger declines in sea ice will occur ...

Research team predicts Arctic without ice by the end of 2030s if current increasing rate of greenhouse gas emission continues. If the world keeps increasing greenhouse gas emissions at its current ...

The history of exploration in the Arctic by European and North American expeditions is littered with gruesome ways to die. The challenges of navigating the merciless landscape are many, which is why ...