The year was 1845. Many cartographers and some Arctic explorers in the early 1800’s believed there was a way to sail from ...

In the icy reaches of the Svalbard archipelago, a quiet revolution in marine restoration is underway. Researchers are ...

The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover, these blazes are ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...

In the global race to control the Arctic, the challenge isn't just geopolitical – it's technological. As governments plan for the possibility of conflict in the ...

The Arctic is a vast region surrounding the northern areas of the world. Often referred to as the Arctic Circle, it includes parts of Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, and more. Aside from ...

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling that change. Cracks in sea ice release heat and pollutants that form clouds ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

Across hundreds of miles of Alaska’s North Slope, long-frozen ground is thawing. As it does, naturally occurring metals locked in the soil for millennia are bleeding into streams and rivers. The ...

Scientists have found a hidden world deep beneath the Arctic Ocean that is changing how we understand life in the deep sea ...