Sailors scanned for icebergs on a nine-day journey to the U.S.’s northernmost military installation this summer—part of an effort to erode Russia’s vast advantage in the region.

On July 8, Congressman Nick Begich III, an Alaska Republican, introduced an amendment to the Marine Mammal Protection Act ...

Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Today’s update also reveals that more than half of bird ...

Russia's Norilsk Nickel estimates the environmental cost of a huge fuel spill in the Arctic in May is 21.4 billion roubles ($273 million), far less than an assessment by the country's environment ...

Russia's Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) said on Friday that it had collected more than 90% of fuel leaked into rivers during its Arctic fuel spill earlier this year, or about 12,000 tonnes.

In February 2024, a shipwreck off Tobago caused a significant surface oil spill, highlighting the need for accurate modeling ...

A January oil spill near the village’s only well has forced Wells River to truck in all its water for months, and now, officials warn the situation could worsen as winter approaches.

A pipeline leak in northwest North Dakota last week caused the release of 840,000 gallons of oil and wastewater, environmental officials confirmed on Monday. Hess Corp., one of North Dakota's largest ...

A rollover crash and oil spill has shut down the northbound Auraria Parkway exit. Denver Police posted about it online around ...

The Arctic is warming at a rate close to four times higher than the rest of the world. Large stretches of sea ice that long ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice retreats, once-impassable waters at the top of the globe will increasingly open to commercial ...

The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.