The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and ...

After all, it provided a unique opportunity to explore the sea floor in an area of the ocean previously cut off to humans. Despite their excitement, the team on the Schmidt Ocean Institute vessel ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

At around 78 degrees north, warmer waters are brought to the freezing Arctic Ocean by the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Drift. The nutrient-rich water helps create a sea floor full of colour ...

UD doctoral student Tianyu Zhou is pictured on the right using a shovel to remove snow that covers the sea ice during a ...

The high Arctic area is already experiencing severe ... sources of organic matter for animal communities dwelling on the ...

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

They look like they’re on a deep-sea expedition to explore a shipwreck on the ocean floor. But they are actually ... sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway.

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...