Known as the "unicorns of the sea," narwhals are fleeing Canada's far north. Researchers suspect a link to noise pollution from increasing ship traffic. For Alex Ootoowak, watching the speckled gray ...

The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) of the European Space Agency (ESA) was sent on its journey to a polar orbit 600 km above the Earth on August 16, 2024. On board: four low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) ...

A line of pink lingers above the horizon, the April sun offering a welcome dose of brightness after the months-long polar night. A dozen miles off Point Barrow, Alaska’s northernmost tip, the sea is ...

The Arctic is experiencing a steady rise in human-generated underwater noise as melting ice and increasing activity open the region to greater vessel traffic, with major implications for wildlife and ...

(CN) — As climate change continues to melt Arctic sea ice, a new study on Wednesday suggests increasing ship traffic and seismic airgun blasts negatively impact the region’s narwhals. In the study ...

Philippe Blondel collecting hydrophone measurements in an ice-laden fjord deep in Svalbard, 2014. Credit: Prof. Jaroslaw Tegowski, University of Gdansk. When you think of climate change impacts, you ...

The underwater noise is measured off a boat at a distance of 50, 100 and 150 meters from the star and port sides, as well as from the bow and stern FRANZ JOSEF LAND, July 3. /TASS/. The Arctic ...

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