Researchers expect more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. Researchers make disturbing discovery after investigating ...

Incredible wildlife, massive oil and natural gas, natural beauty and native culture are what Alaska is known for.

A new multiyear offshore program, to be unveiled soon, will include a reconfigured Arctic area where future lease sales will ...

The results didn’t come as a surprise to scientists, who had been observing that Sea ice extension was at near or record low ...

Congress is pushing for new oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which would threaten the region’s ...

Julie Kitka, federal co-chair of the infrastructure-focused commission, lists challenges posed by Trump administration grant ...

Nowhere on earth is global warming proceeding more rapidly than inside the Arctic Circle. Over the past two decades, the ...

Alaskans and others tracking America’s stance toward the Arctic are waiting for details of President Trump's new policy ...

The Frontiers Planet Prize, the world’s largest science competition to enhance planetary health by fast-tracking innovative ...

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. discovered it in the 1990s ... the portion of the Arctic Ocean east of Point Barrow. Shell used a separate drill ship in the Chukchi Sea, west of Point Barrow and ...