Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists announced Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly ...

Sea turtles are making a surprising comeback, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The news was ...

A line of pink lingers above the horizon, the April sun offering a welcome dose of brightness after the months-long polar ...

Raising awareness and educating on these issues has never been more critical. Scientists make concerning discovery about powerful ocean 'pump' phenomenon: 'Can trigger structural changes' first ...

A new study published shows that despite reductions in mercury release, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations ...

A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed in satellite data and climate models.

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

At the edge of the ice blanketing part of the Arctic Ocean, the ice on Monday looked sickly. Where thick sheets of ice once sat atop the water, now a layer of soft, spongey slush slid and bobbed atop ...

A dispute between the state of Alaska and the federal government over who has the rights to 20,000 acres of land in the ...

Bids for oil exploration rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain will be opened on Jan. 10, a day later than originally scheduled, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has said.

June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday. Researchers from Aarhus University and the ...