Scientists have found a hidden world deep beneath the Arctic Ocean that is changing how we understand life in the deep sea ...

Extreme weather events have become significantly more common in the Arctic over recent decades, posing a threat to vital ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with life.

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

In the two years since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, a chasm has grown between Russian scientists and their counterparts around the world. For much of his career, Alaska-based scientist Vladimir ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...

A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) scholars has discovered a significant slowdown in Arctic sea ice melting since 2012, with a decrease rate of 11.3% per ...

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 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 ...

It started with polar bears. In 2012, polar bear DNA revealed that the iconic species had faced extinction before, likely during a warm period 130,000 years ago, but had rebounded. For researchers, ...

The war in Ukraine is a deepening humanitarian tragedy that is disrupting international relations across the globe. Far from the front lines, Russia’s aggression is taking another kind of toll—it’s ...