Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals: the polar bear, the walrus, the Arctic fox and the beluga whale. The term “climate ...

"We've monitored mercury in Arctic animals for over 40 years. Despite declining global emissions since the 1970s, we see no corresponding decrease in Arctic concentrations—on the contrary," says ...

The first ice-free days of the Arctic Ocean could occur as soon as the 2020s or 2030s — as many as 10 years earlier than previous projections.

An international team led by scientists at the University of Delaware found that the Arctic Ocean grew 50% more acidic from 1996 to 2020, changing three times faster than the rest of the ocean.

PAUL WASSMANN, MARIT REIGSTAD, Future Arctic Ocean Seasonal Ice Zones and Implications for Pelagic-Benthic Coupling, Oceanography, Vol. 24, No. 3, The Changing Arctic Ocean: SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ...

For comparison, recent years have seen the Arctic Ocean with a minimum sea ice cover in September of around 1,274,000 square miles, ... These animals depend on sea ice for their survival.

However, the Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas have experienced a rise in POP levels. Their presence poses potential dangers to animals and people as they enter the fragile ecosystem’s food web.

Crucially, the clam data came from a spot-on the border between the AMOC and Arctic waters, where ocean conditions are heavily dependent on the strength of currents flowing from the south.

Although the U.S. is not yet a party to UNCLOS, it just joined the fray by claiming more than 380,000 square miles of seabed — twice the size of California — outside of our 200-mile EEZ ...

The Arctic Ocean is warming quickly—the Fram Strait is nearly 2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in 1900. But Atlantification is about more than rising temperatures: It’s a process that is ...