Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.

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 ...

Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a ...

On September 28, the United States Coast Guard spotted the Chinese vessels in the Bering Sea near Alaska as they transited ...

Sediments from coastal lakes in Arctic Svalbard indicate that summers with lower temperatures tend to experience more storms ...

But for geologists, it is hard to imagine that it did not. Now the floor of the Arctic Ocean appears to be rich in petroleum—home, according to some estimates, to nearly a quarter of the world's ...

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 ...

The warming climate in polar regions may significantly disrupt ocean circulation patterns, a new study indicates. Scientists ...

The exception has been the Arctic Ocean, which has seen a sharp rise in POPs in its frigid waters over the past several ...

China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – ...

The shrinking sea-ice in the Arctic is not only a sign of climate change, it is causing the planet to warm more quickly. This is because more sunlight is being absorbed by the darker ocean ...