a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) later revised the magnitude to 6.5. Earthquake in Jan Mayen Island region. The U.S. National Tsunami ...

In 2008, the US Geological Survey ... able to develop their Arctic offshore oil and gas, it may be harder — and therefore less lucrative — to drill into the ocean floor of the whole region.

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

Once upon a time, scientists had a broad, holistic approach to research. They might explore everything from animals and ...

Trump isn’t the first American to show an infatuation with Greenland. A University of Michigan researcher focused his studies on the frigid land, leading multiple expeditions across the Arctic ...

A prevailing view has been that the majority of plastic comes to the Arctic via ocean currents ... "It is not an accepted geological time period. However, plastic accumulation in the seabed ...

A University of Michigan researcher focused his studies on the frigid land, leading multiple expeditions across the Arctic Ocean and naming ... Hobbs worked as a geology professor at the ...

Rarely in the news, the Arctic has returned to the spotlight following the return of Donald Trump as US president. But who owns this polar region, and why is it so important to Arctic nations?

LARRY MAYER IS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR COASTAL AND OCEAN MAPPING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS 16TH ARCTIC EXPEDITION ... MAKE DETAILED MAPS OF THE DEPTHS ...

who's also a student in the Department of Geological Sciences. Some might fall back down as snow or recondense on the surface later, but some could leave Greenland’s water system entirely. Collecting ...