Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep down in the Arctic Ocean, life becomes bizarre. One might suppose that at its greatest depths, the icy, dark water would be ...

Polar bears in Hudson Bay could safeguard marine protected areas, helping sustain certain Arctic ecosystems experiencing climate pressure.

A specialized training program in northern Finland is preparing scientists to dive beneath frozen Arctic and Antarctic waters ...

The Arctic sea ice maximum this year effectively tied for the lowest ever on record, with major implications for polar ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, a team of researchers led by geoscientist Michael Rawlins at the University of Massachusetts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Measurements were taken at 13 different locations in the Arctic Ocean. (CREDIT: Lisa W. von Friesen) The Arctic Ocean, once locked ...

While snowmelt is a major contributor to river flow, thawing permafrost is becoming increasingly important. Beneath the ...

Arctic sea ice peaked at its lowest winter maximum in nearly five decades of satellite tracking, according to measurements ...

Diver Daan Jacobs recently surfaced from the frigid depths of a remote Finnish lake, emerging through a hole carved into the thick, crackling ice. His 8-metre (26-foot) descent revealed a hidden world ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...