The condition of the polar vortex influences everyday weather around the globe. Scientist issue warning about concerning ...

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, ...

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

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

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 ...

A new study links toxic algae found in bowhead whales to ocean warming - a growing threat to Arctic food webs.

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 ...

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are joining forces with a team of global scientists to study rising sea levels in the Arctic.

As Earth warms, the Arctic Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion, according to new research.

In the 2008 Ilulissat Declaration, the five central Arctic states committed themselves to an orderly settlement of any overlapping claims in the Arctic. Nevertheless, the situation in the high ...