China's 15th scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean achieved a milestone with the use of the first crewed submersible expedition underwater.

Median noise levels will nearly quadruple across the pan-Arctic by 2030, relative to levels measured in 2019, according to a report produced by the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment and the ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities.

In western Siberia, a rare kind of gas explosion is carving deep, near vertical craters in the tundra. Some of these massive craters exceed 150 feet in depth, as documented in a peer reviewed article.

China has claimed a milestone in Arctic exploration as it conducted the first manned deep-sea dive in the ice-covered waters of the region, an emerging zone of global competition. Newsweek has ...

The president has set his sights on Alaska as a test case for his “National Energy Dominance” agenda. Alaskans are resisting ...

The Arctic oil and gas fields have been using Russian-made underwater, land-based and aerial drones, which increases the competitiveness of Russian projects in difficult climatic conditions and makes ...

Exploding methane beneath thawing Arctic permafrost is creating massive craters in Siberia, some over 150 feet deep—an alarming sign of regional warming.

Sept. 28, 2015 — ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory’ well backed by billions in investment and ...

China's 15th scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean concluded on Friday as the last members of the expedition team returned to Shanghai.

For two weeks last spring, students and professors from Vermont State University collected cores of snow, sea ice and permafrost to uncover more about what's hidden beneath the surface.

A U.S. District Court judge in Anchorage has ruled against the state of Alaska in an 11-year-old legal dispute that has significant implications for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and state ...