The Arctic Ocean has been warming since the onset of the 20th century, decades earlier than instrument observations would suggest, according to new research.. The study, published Wednesday in the ...

Former NFL tight end Jimmy Graham has conquered a new frontier -- not on the football field, but across the frigid waters of ...

In recent years, scientists have raised alarms about the potential collapse of key ocean currents in the Atlantic, with ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century -- decades earlier than records suggest -- due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar ecosystem from the ...

The Arctic Ocean has been warming since the beginning of the 20th century, fueled by a process known as Atlantification, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.

A music festival in Utsjoki, Finland, brings Sámi culture to the spotlight under the midnight sun. Rapper Mihkku Laiti, also ...

Some projections say that by 2040 the Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free summer in modern history. That means mixed emotions for young scientists seeing the ice for the first time.

The Arctic Ocean is many things. Cold and icy come to mind, of course, but "salty" should as well—it’s an ocean, after all. Yet a new study suggests that during certain ice age periods, the ...

The Arctic Ocean may be ground zero for climate change.According to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, runoff from the Mackenzie River in Canada is causing the ocean to release ...

The Arctic Ocean has a unique structure to begin with — it contains layers of warmer and colder waters resting on top of one another, capped off with a covering of sea ice, ...

For comparison, recent years have seen the Arctic Ocean with a minimum sea ice cover in September of around 1,274,000 square miles, which is about a third of the area of the US.