Explorer Pen Hadow is campaigning for a North Pole marine reserve to protect the Arctic’s peoples, its species and its ...

The Arctic Ocean could go from white to ice-free sooner than expected. The first summer to melt virtually all Arctic sea ice could occur in 2027. How do they know? Arctic sea ice extent has been ...

Underwater robots, combined with simple instruments from 100 years ago, are helping researchers unlock the secrets of ...

The structure, which sits more than 1,600 meters beneath the ocean’s surface ... and avoiding potential underwater hazards. The main goal of the Alaskan Arctic Coast Port Access Route Study ...

Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns—narwhals—in this stunningly illustrated nonfiction picture book. You are a narwhal. Shy ...

Hydrothermal vents — underwater geysers that spout superheated ... A ship passes through glaciers near Norway’s Svalbard Islands in the Arctic Ocean. Photo by Getty Images/Grist The debate over ...

Since 2017, Norway has been considering the possibility of mining in the part of the Arctic Ocean set aside as its ... of metal along the sides of underwater mountains. Earlier this year, in ...

The article reports on results from return studies in 2016 and 2023 to the Polaris hydrothermal field on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. Initial reports about the Polaris ...

New projects like Harvest and Mascot are further developing underwater vehicle capabilities, focusing on zooplankton concentration mapping and adaptive measurement strategies. “The ocean is ...