A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

"Transport of mercury from major sources like China to Greenland via ocean currents can take up to 150 years," says Rune Dietz. "This helps explain the lack of decline in Arctic mercury levels." ...

Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent ...

The in-depth analysis reveals how local tidal currents strongly affect the movement of sea ice in the Arctic ocean and provides an unprecedented look at how the makeup of the seafloor is causing ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences could extend far beyond the North. Known as the Beaufort Gyre ...

This current is the Beaufort Gyre and it is an important feature of the Arctic Ocean. By storing or releasing freshwater, it influences the oceanic properties both within the Arctic and as far away as ...

Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought — and that the Arctic may start to see its first “ice-free” days within the current decade.

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be a thing of the past by the 2030s, no matter what we do to curb emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, an international study ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife remain high despite reduced global emissions, due to legacy mercury transported by ocean currents from distant sources.