Shell s exit from the Chukchi Sea marks the end of the most recent Arctic offshore exploration program in the region. But the rocks under the Chukchi s frigid waters have not changed: The region ...

The story of the film is related by Yevgeny Kaipanau, a 36-year-old Chukchi who grew up in Lorino and now works as a choreographer for the Chukchi folk ensemble in Moscow.

Like Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears, Chukchi Sea bears have incorporated bowhead whales into their diets – and some pathogens that triggered antibody responses in the bears are associated ...

The first scientific assessment of polar bears that live in the Chukchi Sea region that spans the US and Russia finds the population is healthy and does not yet appear to be suffering from ...

Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic environment, the animals are getting more exposure to disease pathogens, a new study shows.

The field data used in the study was gathered in November 2018 during an expedition to the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic region aboard RV Mirai, a Japanese research vessel.

However, Thoman says sea ice in the Bering Strait region most likely won’t be as poor as last year. Nome didn’t see sea ice offshore until late November 2019 and even then the quality was poor.

The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) has deemed Shell’s plan of exploration for drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska complete and launched a formal 30-d ...

A population study of polar bears in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Russia finds that the population is thriving for now despite a loss of sea ice because of climate change.

Sea ice has forced Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell off its Burger well in the US Chukchi Sea less than 36 hours after drilling began. 13 September 2012 22:59 GMT Updated 13 September 2012 22:59 GMT ...

ConocoPhillips, which has put its Alaskan drilling plans on hold because of regulatory uncertainty, will not drill exploration wells in the Chukchi Sea any sooner than 2015, the company's chief ...

Possible future changes in Arctic sea ice cover and thickness, and consequent changes in the ice-albedo feedback, represent one of the largest uncertainties in the prediction of future temperature ...