A new seafloor map reveals an area in the Arctic Ocean twice the size of France and six times the size of England. This addition contributes to the Seabed 2030 project, which aims to map the ...

The sea ice that blankets the Arctic Ocean isn’t the unbroken white mantle depicted in maps. It’s a jigsaw puzzle ... A barren white plain of ice and snow extended to the horizon in every ...

The Arctic is at the forefront of the climate crisis, with the central basin of the Arctic Ocean warming three times faster ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over ... some regions reached 16 °C above the past average, as the map of temperature anomalies shows. This will have reduced ...

When it comes to climate, what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The effects of Arctic warming are a ...

As competition for resources in the Arctic Ocean intensifies ... other Arctic nations and kicked the international rush to map out claims to the seabed into high gear. Last month, the United ...

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 ...

This sustained, interdisciplinary Arctic evidence offers important and comprehensive insights, which help us better understand highly complex ocean systems and the possible future implications." ...

Perhaps the most defining feature of the Arctic Ocean today is the vast expanse of sea ice that coats the surface, choking straits and grounding on the polar coasts. The extent of sea ice ...