National Geographic explores the consequences of the Arctic warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Ocean trash is building up. This artist reveals what’s out there.

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... than three million square miles of ocean. But preserving the remnants of Arctic ice, which will require the ...

A rush to extract natural resources from the Arctic Ocean is heating up as global warming makes more and more of it accessible. Below is a map highlighting major oil and gas fields and the two ...

He and the National Geographic Society’s map policy committee had been considering the change for years, watching as scientists and the press increasingly used the term Southern Ocean.

The smallest ocean basin on Earth is the Arctic Ocean, which has an area of approximately 6.1 million square miles, according to the National Ocean Service. Start the day smarter. Get all the news ...