Scientists are collecting DNA from the Arctic Ocean to create a better map of climate change and environmental health ...

Most of the sunlight reaching the Arctic Ocean is reflected to space by sea ice, effectively shielding ocean ecosystems from sunlight. As the Arctic sea ice continues its downward trend, larger areas ...

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extraordinary, unique and severely threatened regions in the global biosphere. The marine ecosystem supports more than 7,000 identified species, many of which are ...

Measles, to Eskimos a strange and fatal disease, killed 50% of the natives at Point Barrow, on Alaska’s Arctic Ocean edge 30 years ago. Last week influenza demonstrated that the years of white men’s ...

New study shows that 16 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s organic carbon comes from terrestrial sources, such as thawing permafrost and eroding coastlines. Climate change and the associated rising ...