Arctic's underwater fauna Overview At around 78 degrees north, warmer waters are brought to the freezing Arctic Ocean by the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Drift.

The world's oceans is a topic of vital importance, and renowned broadcaster and explorer Sir David Attenborough has taken on ...

WASHINGTON -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their bo ...

Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean: a volcano-like structure off the coast of Alaska. They say it’s rising more than 500 meters ...

Most of the sunlight reaching the Arctic Ocean is reflected to space by sea ice, effectively shielding ocean ecosystems from sunlight. As the Arctic sea ice continues its downward trend, larger ...

A photo shows a newly discovered underwater volcano, spewing out silt and methane, 70 miles south of Norway's Bear Island in the Barents Sea.

The Arctic is generally quieter than other parts of the globe. Animals there may be less acculturated to noise due in part to the ice that settles like a blanket over the ocean, Lancaster said.

Robots taught to make decisions underway The two underwater robots are now going to move around and measure fluorescence in an area measuring 1.5 by 1.5 km, down to a depth of 50 metres.

The European-made NH90 has advanced anti-submarine warfare capabilities, making it a key asset in the Arctic region.

Underwater operations in the Arctic are becoming more challenging, in part because more ships are rumbling through the northern waters, a maritime transportation expert said Monday. Within the ...

Over the past 25 years, the amount of summer Arctic sea ice has diminished by more than 1 million square kilometers. As a result, vast areas of the Arctic Ocean are now, on average, ice-free in ...