Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep down in the Arctic Ocean, life becomes bizarre. One might suppose that at its greatest depths, the icy, dark water would be ...

Far below the ice, in a realm long assumed to be almost lifeless, scientists have stumbled on a thriving oasis nearly 2.5 miles under the Arctic Ocean. The discovery, centered on a methane hydrate ...

Scientists discovered towering methane ice structures and a thriving ecosystem at Molloy Ridge in the Greenland Sea. These deep-sea formations, the deepest cold seeps in the Arctic, support diverse ...

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since ...

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 ...

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 ...