The U.S. has never ratified the treaty under which the commission operates, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...

The large ships would be a show of force, but lack qualities desired in a combat vessel A former top naval commander and ...

Revisions to U.S. Outer Continental Shelf planning areas off Alaska are shown in this map from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The proposed High Arctic area is new and based on recent ...

Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark.

Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior ...

With Russia more assertive, China expanding its Arctic ambitions, and Washington renewing interest in Greenland, the region ...

On the election trail, Canada's federal leaders are pushing military and industry in the North. Sara Olsvig, head of the ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to ... and the smallest on record based on data available from 1979. A map provided by the report showed that the sea ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to its smallest extent since measurements began in 1979.