Water from the Mackenzie River, seen from a satellite, carries silt and nutrients from land to the Arctic Ocean. Jesse Allen/NASA Earth Observatory As the Arctic warms, its mighty rivers are changing ...

As the Arctic warms, its mighty rivers are changing in ways that could have vast consequences – not only for the Arctic region but for the world. Rivers represent the land branch of the earth’s ...

The Arctic Ocean could see "ice-free" days within a matter of years—potentially a decade earlier than was previously predicted. This is the warning of a team of researchers from the University of ...

Arctic rivers are sending clear warnings about the impacts of climate change, especially in the Arctic regions. As the planet warms, temperatures and ice cover are not the only things that are ...

As Earth warms, the Arctic Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion, according to new research. A study published ...

As the Arctic warms rapidly, cloudy meltwater pours into its numerous fjords, obscuring sunlight and posing uncertainties for marine life in the far north. This image, taken using an aerial drone in a ...

The Yukon River exports a large amount of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), much of which is colored, absorbing visible and ultraviolet light. Yukon River water typically has low total dissolved ...

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 ...

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extraordinary, unique and severely threatened regions in the global biosphere. The marine ecosystem supports more than 7,000 identified species, many of which are ...

Friederike Gründger, David Probandt, Katrin Knittel, Vincent Carrier, Dimitri Kalenitchenko, Anna Silyakova, Pavel Serov, Bénédicte Ferré, Mette M. Svenning ...