In the middle of the Arctic Ocean, a research ship did something that sounds completely crazy at first. Instead of escaping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Kodiak recently detected the Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, a Liberian-flagged ...

The same year, Beijing unveiled its Arctic policy, which envisages “a ‘Polar Silk Road’ through developing the Arctic shipping routes”. The policy touted China’s research and “hydrographic surveys” in ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has launched Japan’s first Arctic research vessel, named Mirai II. The construction of the Mirai II vessel began in 2021, at Japan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's intensifying interest in the Arctic has aroused concerns in the US, which has been monitoring the progress of five Chinese ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has detected two Chinese research vessels operating in the U.S. Arctic and is currently monitoring five similar vessels in or near the U.S Arctic. On August 5, a C-130J Hercules ...

As the Arctic environment changes, the search for data-driven insights into its marine ecosystems has become a global ...

Chinese research ships are appearing more often in the United States Arctic than they have in years past, the U.S. Coast Guard said. In response, Coast Guard crews are ramping up their presence in U.S ...

By Sean Mowbray International shipping is on the rise in the Arctic region now that climate change regularly opens up ...

The Arctic is at the forefront of the climate crisis, with the central basin of the Arctic Ocean warming three times faster than the global average. However, its hostile and challenging environment, ...

Climate change is having a profound impact on the Arctic. We know that the region is warming significantly faster than the ...

BREMERHAVEN, Germany — Cranes hoist cargo onto the deck, power tools scream out and workers bustle through the maze of passageways inside the German icebreaker RV Polarstern, preparations for a ...