Climate change is having a profound impact on the Arctic. We know that the region is warming significantly faster than the ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

Scientists say increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate. To protect the animals, conservation groups are urging the International Maritime ...

As part of the EU project ECOTIP, an international team of researchers, including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, has analyzed the sea off Greenland more comprehensively than ever before. The key ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual cyanobacteria, enrich the ocean with nitrogen, fueling algae growth that ...

Scientists define an ice-free Arctic, often called a Blue Ocean Event, as when sea ice area drops below one million square kilometres. Think of it like this: the Arctic Ocean, which has been capped ...

New study shows that 16 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s organic carbon comes from terrestrial sources, such as thawing permafrost and eroding coastlines. Climate change and the associated rising ...

From 16 th August to 19 th September 2025, the Norwegian research vessel R/V Kronprins Haakon will be sailing into the Arctic Ocean for an expedition organised and funded through the prestigious ...

Amid rising Arctic tensions between the United States and Denmark, OACM proposes Greenland as the Arctic’s first Certified SAFE Marine Area, using Ocean Unity and Environmental Diplomacy to bridge ...