Escalating tensions in the Arctic over untapped resources and territorial claims raise concerns of potential conflict.

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...

James McCorkindale, Lee Graham and Arctic expedition leader Kasper Jæger are facing -40C temperatures, 186 miles (300km) of ...

Arctic sea ice forms and expands during the dark, frigid northern winter, reaching its seasonal high point in March. But in recent years, less new ice has formed, and the accumulation of multi ...