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Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers, and other ...
According to an internal budget document, the Trump administration is seeking to end nearly all of NOAA's climate research.
The U.S. has never ratified the treaty under which the commission operates, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...
Even the Arctic offshore areas that are within the U.S. exclusive economic zone — the Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea — hold uncertainty for oil companies. Litigation is underway over whether ...
Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior Department that manages offshore energy in federal waters, released a map of ...
In April 2024, a 39.5-foot male gray whale washed up near the high-tide line of Vashon Island, and instead of disappearing back into the sea ... in the Bering and Chukchi seas.
There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.
The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an area where U.S. territorial rights are unclear. Information about the ...