The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures ...

One island of an archipelago far north of Russia has disappeared, satellite images show. Alexandra Barymova Lomonosov Moscow ...

Whales, and dolphins are typical marine mammals, but they're not the only ones. These eight massive marine mammals still lurk beneath the waves.

Oct. 31, 2024 — The interactions between global climate change and ocean oscillations -- fluctuating cycles in wind and ocean temperatures -- are impacting weather patterns in the Greater Mara ...

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

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

Encounter whales (and whale sharks, too) in quiet, relaxing destinations like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the ice caps and Baja California Sur.

As glaciers retreat, the Arctic is rapidly evolving into a major global trade route, with ship traffic increasing by 37 ...

With how many species of this familiar waterfowl live in or migrate through the state, you could say Virginia is for duck ...

Today, in 2024, a different group of adventurers will pioneer another new idea for Arctic exploration. They will not travel by ship, skis, sled, or plane - instead, they’ll travel by spacecraft.

However, an apparent shift occurred in 2016 from generally higher than average ice cover to lower-than-average extent. Since 2016, there have been several record lows, including an extreme record low ...

Climate change threatens to alter the environment and security of the Arctic region but WWF has a roadmap for conservation ...