The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

As Atlantic waters move farther into the Arctic — a phenomenon known as atlantification — they are bringing increasing warmth ...

Researchers expect more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. Researchers make disturbing discovery after investigating ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

Gearing up: I’ll be photographing a team of extreme adventurers mountain biking across the frozen Arctic Ocean in Canada. I’ll be on a snowmobile, which is still hard work, so I need to get in ...

Thinner Arctic sea ice may affect global ocean circulation Date: March 31, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to ...

By Gwynne Dyer – Historically, the Arctic Ocean would freeze right out to its edges (the northern coasts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Alaska) each winter — 14-million square kilometers of ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh concerns about ...