I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. algae under sea ice Scientists have discovered special life forms thriving under Arctic sea ice. Until now, their presence in ...

A new study has answered the most debated question: Did a colossal, kilometer-thick ice shelf cover the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages? Researchers from UiT The Arctic University of ...

Life in the Arctic is becoming a constant balancing act. As climate change reshapes the environment, animals must make ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author’s view walking across Arctic sea ice off Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April 2025. (Photo by Alexandra Jahn/The Conversation) ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked out onto ...

As global temperatures rise, hunters in Alaska, who rely on Arctic ice, are seeing changes. CU expert Alexandra Jahn explains how these shifts are echoed in satellite data and climate models—on The ...