New research is challenging the ongoing debate about the Arctic's glacial past, suggesting that the region may never have ...

A collaborative project Seabed 2030 has made significant progress by mapping a new area in the Arctic Ocean. The initiative, which aims to map the entire global seafloor by 2030, utilizes advanced ...

The smallest ocean basin on Earth is the Arctic Ocean, which has an area of approximately 6.1 million square miles, according to the National Ocean Service. But what about the largest?

And they're off! Jimmy Graham's four-person rowing team has started their ambitious 10-day Arctic Challenge. Will the Saints ...

As competition for resources in the Arctic Ocean intensifies, nations are staking claims to swaths of undersea territory where oil, gas, and other minerals could someday be found and mined. The ...

The decades-long project to map the extended continental shelf involved the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies and, within the Arctic ...

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.

Climate change is unlocking a new crossroads and potential center of conflict: the Arctic. But one key lawmaker is warning the US has lagged behind in securing the region, as other powers move in ...

Four Arctic experts say it would take the West at least 10 years to catch up with Russia’s military in the region, if it chose to do so. “The Arctic is currently a dark area on the map ...