Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

While not recklessly exploiting the Arctic reserves, India should also get a say in the commercial opportunity for the unseen ...

Russia’s new combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, begins trials to bolster Arctic presence. Armed and ice-capable, it signals a growing military focus in the region.

Females should be leaving their Arctic grounds fat and ... of the food the whales need. With less sea ice, there is less surface on which the algae can grow. Also, what algae is produced doesn ...

With two weeks left for public comments, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is probing constraints on key global shipping ...

Arctic soils hold far more carbon than is in the atmosphere, creating a growing problem in terms of wider emissions control.

Arctic sea ice grows and thaws with the seasons ... reaching its minimum in September before starting to grow again. But while overall ice extent was down this winter, ice conditions remained ...