The journey had taken him 26 feet beneath the surface, where sunlight filtered through the Arctic ice and fish swam around a ...

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are vital contributors to the Arctic ecosystem, providing millions of ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

The fragile Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, according to a University of Gothenburg study. The international research shows that plants from nearby forests are steadily ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its annual Arctic Report Card on Tuesday, which documents the way rising temperatures, diminished ice, thawing permafrost, melting glaciers ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 13: Climate action and SDG 14: Life below water. The Arctic ecosystem supports a remarkably rich and specialised biodiversity despite ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VARDØ, Norway (AP) — In one of the top ...

In a remote corner of Northern Norway, inside a dark coastal cave sealed off for millennia, scientists have opened a rare time capsule of life from 75,000 years ago. The bones and DNA traces of dozens ...