The Arctic seafloor is cold, unforgiving, and barren. Or is it? Few would argue against the ‘cold’ and ‘unforgiving’ parts, ...

Not only are the U.S.’s nuclear missile defenses based in the Arctic, but there’s also fear Russia could seize control of ...

If sea ice and its denizens are to be protected, it must happen before exploitation of Arctic resources becomes unstoppable. With the last-ice project, Sala says, “we’re looking 25 years ahead.” ...

At present there is no scientifically substantiated data on hydrocarbon reserves in the Arctic. Experts assess all existing information on hydrocarbon reserves in this region as rather expected.

The Arctic is a very cold and unique part of our planet. It is filled with ice, snow, and amazing landscapes. But the Arctic ...

The Arctic could hold as much as 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and has as much undiscovered gas as all the reserves known to exist in Russia, US government scientists have said in the ...

The next day we and our partners were in court again to challenge the administration's plan to lease more than 18 million acres of the Western Arctic Reserve — also called the National Petroleum ...

Greenland, rich in history and resources, gains global attention as geopolitical interests in the Arctic rise. With a ...

New research into the composition of the frozen ground in the Arctic has revealed the single largest reserve of mercury on the planet. Mercury, a toxic metal that has been regulated the world over ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...

MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Oil reserves of the Russian Arctic zone amounted to 7.3 bln tonnes, natural gas - about 55 trillion cubic meters, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry ...