Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published ...

Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like ...

The Arctic Ocean may be the world's smallest, ... Terrestrial animals like polar bears rely on sea ice to traverse the landscape in search of food and to hunt, particularly seals.

Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals: the polar bear, the walrus, the Arctic fox and the beluga whale. The term “climate ...

Did you know that there are certain deep sea animals combing the ocean’s depths that look more like sci-fi creatures from ...

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be gone by the 2030s, no matter what we do to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, study says. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

The first ice-free days of the Arctic Ocean could occur as soon as the 2020s or 2030s — as many as 10 years earlier than previous projections.

Stories have surfaced of animals fighting off new diseases and sometimes losing that fight. The bird flu infected and killed a polar bear and walruses in the Arctic for the first time.

The Arctic Ocean is warming quickly—the Fram Strait is nearly 2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in 1900. But Atlantification is about more than rising temperatures: It’s a process that is ...

For comparison, recent years have seen the Arctic Ocean with a minimum sea ice cover in September of around 1,274,000 square miles, ... These animals depend on sea ice for their survival.