Malte Humpert, the founder of The Arctic Institute think-tank, is among them. He says the passage is a "less clear cut" option for shipping than the Northern Sea Route, which runs along the ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away.

As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...

The United States needs to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic. Melting sea ice is generating an emerging Arctic economy. Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...

“The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet,” says Heinerth. “And it’s really evident here.” Sea ice is dynamic. It expands and contracts, melts and freezes; it’s ...

Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished In 1845 explorers ...

Because the Arctic is mostly sea there is no international treaty protecting its environment from economic development, as there is for the Antarctic. Global warming means more of the ice covering ...

It is also conceptual. Just as the words “Indo-Pacific” or the “South China Sea” connote strategic concepts, so too the “Arctic” takes on renewed strategic meaning. The Arctic is ...

Living off one of the richest oceans in the Arctic, the polar bears by the Chukchi Sea appear to be thriving. Females are in good health and give birth to healthy cubs. Overall, this Alaskan ...

Those temperatures have a particularly damaging effect in the Arctic. Sea ice covers more than 14 million square kilometers (5.6 million square miles) at its maximum point each year. The ice sheet ...

Despite this potential benefit, the study highlights ongoing concerns for Arctic ecosystems. As sea ice melts, polar bears face habitat loss, which could make it more difficult for them to hunt ...