Even during the coldest 750,000 years, the Arctic Ocean had open water and sustained life thanks to seasonal sea ice. “Our ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

Seasonal sea ice forms and melts every year creating openings in the ice with open water where life can continue to thrive.

Earlier this year, Norway announced it would open more than 100,000 square miles of its territorial waters, and an extended continental shelf it claims, for deep sea mining.

Arctic seabed mining will cause ‘irreversible harm’ to wildlife – Greenpeace Environmental group is urging Norway to put its plans to open up Arctic seas to deep sea mining on hold.

Since 2017, Norway has been considering the possibility of mining in the part of the Arctic Ocean set aside as its exclusive economic zone — specifically in an area comprising over 100,000 ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --Norway's government reached an agreement with a small progressive party to not mine in the Arctic in exchange for it supporting its budget. The agreement is a big win for the ...

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its ...