As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

Beneath the Arctic permafrost, ancient organisms have lain dormant for approximately 40,000 years, preserved in a frozen state that halted their biological activity. Recent scientific observations ...

Michigan DNR provided 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to three Native American tribes for reintroduction into state waterways. Arctic grayling, a freshwater fish once prevalent in Michigan, disappeared ...

Accelerated Arctic warming is reshaping the polar environment, but focusing only on the impacts of long-term annual temperature rise can miss key consequences of shorter-lived, but extreme, weather ...