Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

They’re like frozen fingers of death that form under the sea in the Arctic and Antarctic, stretching down from the ice above. When super-salty water escapes from the ice, it freezes the seawater ...

Melting permafrost in the Arctic is releasing toxic mercury into the water system ... according to a study published earlier this month in Nature. Melting of the Greenland ice sheet could expose ...

Because of the oceans’ global circulation patterns, water routinely flows from the Atlantic into the Arctic. This exchange mostly occurs in deeper water, with currents carrying warm and ...

More information: Elizabeth E. Webb et al, Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic, Nature Climate Change (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01455-w E E ...

The Inuit people are indigenous to the Arctic and survive in some of the world's harshest conditions. 10% of the world's fresh water is locked in the Arctic ice. The Arctic Ocean is the world's ...

Just below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up, the Cold Blob remains a ...

when Arctic moistening is most significant, the drivers behind changes in ARs and their contributions to long-term water vapor variability are not well understood. A study published in Nature ...

The craziness of the whole endeavor is only matched by the urgency with which they believe something must be done to address sea ice loss.

The federal government's proposed Build Canada Act, a plan to fast-track "nation-building" development projects, from ...

By Delger Erdenesanaa This summer was the Arctic’s warmest on record ... wrote that it was a reminder of “the true power of nature” in a message to the network. “We hope to be much ...

We are so used to bending nature to our will, and yet, in the Arctic, nature was the one bending ... It was the stillest lake I had ever seen, glassy water reflecting the sharp red mineral stripes ...