Other countries have done the same thing for their ... North Pole at a depth of 4,300 meters below the surface of the Arctic Ocean, setting off a rush to stake out claims to the seabed.

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...

There could be ice-free summers in the Arctic Ocean in the 2030s. Companies and countries watch to see if navigation through the Arctic would be viable, thereby shortening shipping routes and ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences could extend far beyond the North. Known as the Beaufort Gyre, this ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to ...

Many countries are diligently researching not ... are believed to lie under the soil of the Arctic Ocean. “The north polar region has become increasingly critical in terms of geopolitics ...