The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an area where U.S. territorial rights are unclear. Information about the ...

The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an area where U.S. territorial rights are unclear. Information about the ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

But like all pirates, he has his eyes on a potentially rich prize – in this case, vast stores of critical minerals in the deep ocean that he says are vital for the US economy. Join ST's ...

Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior Department that manages offshore energy in federal waters, released a map of ...

The results show that, even though the Arctic is rapidly warming, ToE for temperature and sea ice cover has generally not yet been reached. This is mainly due to the extremely high natural ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules." Elsewhere, along active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the deep ...

The Arctic is changing – and not just in the ways you might think. Once covered in thick, bright sea ice, the region is now seeing more open water. It’s not just changing the climate or ...