Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

More information: Jens Søndergaard et al, Stable isotopes unveil ocean transport of legacy mercury into Arctic food webs, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60356-6 ...

Shipping lines go cool on Arctic Ocean route Define the Northern Sea Route State one physical reason why the Northern Sea Route has become more navigable ...

The Pentagon has made a major change in how the U.S. military handles operations in Greenland. Earlier, a command called U.S. European Command was in charge of this icy island. But now, the ...

How quickly can we change ocean chemistry without damaging marine ecosystems and its associated ecosystem services?

Europe has many sizeable countries with expansive topographical features to match. Here are the biggest organized from least ...

Swedish archaeologist Greer Jarrett has embarked on a three-year, 3,100-mile expedition in a Viking boat replica, uncovering new insights into Viking maritime journeys.

A jagged thread of granite and sea stacked above the Arctic Circle, Norway’s rugged Lofoten islands look less like they were ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.