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 ...

This article originally appeared at KNOM.org and is republished here with permission. Through the weekend of Nov. 13, ice extent in the Chukchi Sea was well above the month’s average of the last ...

Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have become increasingly exposed over the past decades to a collection of disease pathogens, according to a newly published ...

As of Nov. 3, sea ice in the Bering and Chukchi Seas in is the lowest on record for the last five years, even with tiny bits of ice starting to form in Norton Bay and the Kotzebue Sound.

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 ...

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.

Global warming is causing a rapid decline in sea-ice area, which affects weather patterns and, surprisingly, increases wave height in the Arctic. In a new study, Japanese scientists analyzed data ...

The rapid disintegration of the Chukchi Sea ice is an “exclamation point” on a remarkable series of rapid fire Arctic changes, he said. “It’s another sign that the Arctic is unraveling.

Temperatures in the region are expected to continue rising, and some models suggest that the kinds of anomalous wind patterns observed in 2017 through 2019—which helped drive the sea ice farther ...

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 ...

Research has found that some bowhead whales in the Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) population are no longer migrating to the northwestern Bering Sea in the winter but remain in the Canadian ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska's northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that ...