Arctic sea ice is disappearing at an alarming rate due to climate change, with scientists predicting the first ice-free ...

Rapid climate change is upending plant life in the Arctic. A new study in Nature shows how one of the most fragile ecosystems ...

A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as ...

Arctic fjords, once vital carbon sinks, are losing their ability to store carbon as climate change transforms ecosystems like Kongsfjorden.

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences could extend far beyond the North. Known as the Beaufort Gyre ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

As the ice retreats, sunlight reaches more of the ocean surface ... More information: Jochen Knies et al, Arctic fjord ecosystem adaptation to cryosphere meltdown over the past 14,000 years ...

Jochen and his collaborators discovered that rapid changes in the Arctic are transforming vibrant fjord ecosystems like Kongsfjorden ... sunlight reaches more of the ocean surface, encouraging ...