Rapid warming in the Arctic is transforming coastal ecosystems, with significant, often overlooked impacts on both nature and ...

More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted ...

Located in one of the coldest regions in the world, the Arctic covers approximately 21 million square kilometers, 65% of ...

More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to address potential catastrophic changes in the Atlantic Ocean current that could disrupt weather and ecosystems. The collapse of this ...

But scientists argue that coastal Arctic ecosystems are undergoing a complementary set of changes to those in the open ocean. These changes are intensified by the interaction of land-based and ...

Sparse sea ice, thousands of data points and samples, a surprising number of animals and hydrothermal vents—those are the ...

More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in an ...

“What we're seeing is a transformation of an Arctic ecosystem into more of a southern open ocean,” York says in August from the bobbing up-and-down edge of a 12-foot Zodiac boat. “We're ...

The impact of pollution on the Arctic began as soon as widespread ... of reduced phytoplankton productivity and, thus, of an ocean ecosystem in distress. But the Dartmouth-led team reports that ...

With about 12% declines of Arctic Ocean ice each decade ... through the Northwest Passage but threatening this unique polar ecosystem. Studies also show the Antarctic ice sheet to be increasingly ...