In a world where towering waterfalls like Niagara Falls and Angel Falls capture our imagination, there is one waterfall so ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Deep in the Arctic Ocean, a portion of seafloor covered in craters larger than football fields is challenging assumptions about the workings of the icy waters of the planet's far north. In the ...

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter's day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen ...

Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping began in the 1970s.

Marine mammals struggling to feed their young are abandoning key habitats as underwater noise from human activity grows louder – a threat that's now been recognised by dozens of countries in an ...

Research highlights the need for long-term monitoring of wildlife, environmental conditions and human activities to better ...

Unlike prior platforms, the system designed by the FAU researchers will use advanced technology to monitor the Arctic Ocean from the air, water surface and underwater.

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of the world.

Exploring the Arctic Ocean Article by Adam Thomas Photos by Paige Hagel, Yusuke Kohama, Kazu Tateyama and Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai March 19, 2025 UD doctoral student Tianyu Zhou spent month at sea on ...

MBARI researchers, working alongside a team of international collaborators, have discovered large underwater ice formations at the edge of the Canadian Beaufort Sea, located in a remote region of ...