A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the "great global ocean conveyor belt" is slowing down. That's a problem because ...

Scientists aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy have identified a potential underwater volcano while mapping the seafloor off ...

Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a ...

The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, ...

Over the next century, the Arctic will change and look much different than it does today. Just how different is still unknown ...

Ezat explained: “These sediment cores act like time capsules, preserving information about past ocean conditions. “We found ...

A group of Albuquerque Public School students are taking a different approach to learning about weather. Middle schoolers are ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

With regard to the recent commentary, “Indigenous Alaskans ask President Biden to establish an Arctic Ocean marine national monument,” by Nauri Simmonds and Delbert Pungowiyi (Oct. 23): The ...

We, Alaskan Indigenous peoples who have lived along the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska since time immemorial, respectfully ask President Joseph Biden to designate a U.S. Arctic Ocean marine national ...

The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius ...

The recent trip was part of a larger project called the Alaskan Arctic Coast Port Access Route Study, which was enacted to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing measures. The mission's ...