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

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

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

Even during the coldest 750,000 years, the Arctic Ocean had open water and sustained life thanks to seasonal sea ice. “Our ...

Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

Sled dogs resting at the sea ice edge off Ittoqqortoormiit, Eastern Greenland. A new study done in Greenland has found oceans currents may be carrying legacy mercury to the Arctic. (Olivier Morin ...

Jimmy Graham has spent a year and a half preparing to row the Arctic Ocean, and he'll set out in just a few days. Here's how ...

Stable isotopes unveil ocean transported legacy mercury into Arctic food webs. Nature Communications. Contact: Jens Søndergaard, Senior Researcher, Aarhus University – js@ecos.au.dk / +45 23227103 ...

It is water that had previously flowed north through the Atlantic, taken a U-turn in Fram Strait or made a loop around the Arctic Ocean and is now travelling south in the East Greenland Current.