On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea is now a barren wasteland. This is the story of its dramatic collapse—one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

The forward deployment of warships marks Washington's commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the Navy ...

Oceanic eddies are a widespread and important occurrence that plays a vital role in the movement of chemicals and energy within the marine ecosystem. Hence, the astute and precise recognition of these ...

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

Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian ...

Algae are a natural part of the Bering Sea ecosystem, but warming oceans have disrupted their cycle — causing harmful blooms to appear more frequently and with greater toxicity.

Last summer, about ten dead fur seals washed up on a beach on St. Paul Island, a small community in the middle of the Bering Sea. Tribal staff from the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the ...

The Kodiak History Museum and KANA are partnering on a new exhibit highlighting cooperation between scientists and Aleutian Alaska Natives to study Bering Sea extreme weather events. In 2022, a group ...

The NPFMC has 11 voting members. Alaska has six members on the Council, while Washington has three, Oregon has one and the National Marine Fisheries Service has one. None of the Pacific Fishery ...