A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

A collaborative project Seabed 2030 has made significant progress by mapping a new area in the Arctic Ocean. The initiative, ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

The sea ice that blankets the Arctic Ocean isn’t the unbroken white mantle depicted in maps. It’s a jigsaw puzzle of restless floes that are constantly colliding, deforming, and fracturing ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...

Young people in the Eagle Valley are actively learning about the Arctic Ocean by engaging with a long-term monitoring project in the Arctic. Fifth graders from Gypsum Elementary, high school students ...