Arctic sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. (Céline Heuzé/University of Gothenburg) (CN) — The countdown to an ice-free Arctic is ticking, with the Arctic Ocean potentially experiencing its ...
Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings ...
Cosmic dust trapped, or blocked, by Arctic ice allowed researchers to map 30,000 years of sea-ice history. Their findings ...
As the Arctic warms and loses sea ice, trans-Arctic shipping has increased, reducing travel time and costs for international trade. However, a new study finds that the Arctic Ocean is getting foggier ...
Alaska’s largest university is taking big steps forward in the Arctic. The University of Alaska Anchorage is advancing our role as leaders in strategic solutions, public policy research and training ...
WASHINGTON—The icy region at the top of the globe, lashed by wildfire and pelted with increasingly heavy precipitation, has tipped into “uncharted territory,” scientists reported Tuesday. The Arctic ...
When world leaders debate issues in the Far North, they should come to Anchorage. Like peace talks in Geneva or nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Anchorage’s growing profile for Arctic policy and ...
As the Arctic Ocean warms and sea ice shrinks, will the newly exposed sea surface see a plankton population boom and a burgeoning ecosystem in the open Arctic Ocean? Not likely, say a team of ...
Contact information for the researchers: Xianyao Chen, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, chenxy@ouc.edu.cn (UTC+8 hours) WASHINGTON — As the ...