Polar marine ecologist Marianne Falardeau investigates how Arctic ecosystems are shifting under climate change.

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...

The narwhal is famous for its "unicorn horn," but a recent study suggests these whales might also use their long, spiraled tusks to play!

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

The student course Arctic Future Pathfinders, which is held on the sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl going through the Northwest Passage, combines cutting-edge science with hands-on education. The ...

Narwhals have been caught on camera colliding with deep ocean monitors. The mysterious toothed whale species native to the ...

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The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

Climate change and the associated rising temperatures are melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked out onto ...