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Geotimes September 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Cold Wars: Russia Claims Arctic Land The underwater Lomonosov Ridge stretches across the floor of the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Russia, crossing through the geographic North Pole. Russia recently claimed that the ridge is an extension of its continental shelf in a bid to expand its territory.
National Defense August 2008 Matthew Rusling	Coast Guard Unprepared for Climate Change in Arctic The Coast Guard's fleet of only two working icebreakers is not suited to deal with the rapidly changing shifts in a region of rising importance.
Geotimes December 2004 Laura Stafford	Vying for the North Pole Eight countries are vying for rights to the North Pole. They all want a piece of the icy Arctic region's untold amounts of oil, natural gas and other offshore resources.
Fast Company November 2010 Joshua Hammer	The Siberian Energy Rush Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.
Outside February 2004 Natasha Singer	Break On Through The dream of a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic to the riches of Asia has driven explorers and visionary adventurers for centuries. With climate change in the air, The author braves the frigid 900-mile journey to find out if the old, mythic dream is becoming an epic new reality.
Wired November 27, 2007 Richard Morgan	Today, Countries Battle for a Piece of the Arctic. Tomorrow? The Moon. What has gone unnoticed amid the international clamor between Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the US is that the Arctic battle has implications that reach far beyond the top of Earth. The squabbling will be a prelude to -- and even set the tone for -- eventual sovereignty claims on the moon.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Nicholas Makris	New Sonar Technology Reveals City-size Schools of Fish Low-frequency sound waves improve ocean sensing.
Salon.com July 24, 2001 Christopher Kemp	Robert Ballard The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic says he's driven by "a childish desire to poke around"...
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Russia's Arctic Land Grab Russia's claim to the North Pole fits perfectly with its aspirations to secure energy resources, which it can in turn use to regain geopolitical leverage.
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean	Scientists Bemoan Loss of Exploration Vessel The NR-1 small nuclear-powered submarine has been plying the world's oceans on scientific missions, but is schedule to be inactivated late next year.
Popular Mechanics March 12, 2007 Erin McCarthy	Ice Queens 5 high-powered icebreaker ships that rock the arctic, antarctic and an ice sheet near you
Popular Mechanics April 2007 Margo Pfeiff	Voyage to the Top of the Earth (Almost) To reach the High Arctic, a Canadian coast guard icebreaker needs 17,000 horsepower, six diesel/electric engines and one slippery coat of paint.
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	Coast Guard Examines Future of Patrolling The Arctic The Coast Guard anticipates increased duties patrolling the Arctic region due to global warming.
Geotimes April 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ocean Budget Surges Under the fiscal year 2008 budget request, priority ocean projects would receive a budget increase totaling $143 million, countering the otherwise flat budget for earth science.
Geotimes March 2006 Powell et al.	Drilling Back to the Future Antarctica plays a fundamental role in sea-level change and ocean chemistry, and has the potential for important societal impacts over human timescales.
Wired August 21, 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Pumped Up: Chevron Drills Down 30,000 Feet to Tap Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico A recent discovery by Chevron has signaled that soon there may be vastly more oil gushing out of the ultradeep seabeds -- more than even the optimists were predicting four years ago. But there are still big questions to be answered before Jack starts filling gas tanks.
National Defense February 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military Challenged by Changing Arctic Landscape Patrolling the cold, icy waters of the Arctic has long been the responsibility of the Coast Guard, but as polar ice melts and ship traffic in the area increases, the Navy may take a larger role in securing the region and take advantage of new equipment.
Popular Mechanics March 15, 2010 Trevor Williams	Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice Something new is happening with the ice streams and glaciers. They are getting thinner, and they are getting thinner because they are speeding up.
National Defense December 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Russia Expands Military Presence in Arctic Russia is increasing its military presence along its northern border in the Arctic as sea ice melts and opens new water routes.
Popular Mechanics February 19, 2010 Trevor Williams	On Thick Ice: Live From An Antarctic Drilling Trip The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program is exploring the ocean floor around Antarctica to learn how the ice sheet reacted in warmer climates of the past and how they might respond to future warming.
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area.
Wired December 20, 2007 Erica Lloyd	A Search for Hot Springs in the Arctic Yields Much More Remarkable Finds Scientists explore the Arctic Gakkel Ridge and find new species of microbes.
Scientific American March 2007 Charles Q. Choi	Pole Positions More than 30 nations are initiating a global campaign to study the Arctic and Antarctic: an International Polar Year.
Scientific American July 2008 Peter Brown	NASA Satellites Watch Polar Ice Shelf Break into Crushed Ice Ice is melting at the poles much faster than climate models predict.
Scientific American December 2008 Barbara Juncosa	Stations in the Seas: Permanent Underwater Observatories Scientists envisage unmanned labs on the floor of the ocean to conduct experiments and monitor climate change
Popular Mechanics April 3, 2009 Trevor Williams	Ocean Drilling: How the Past Can Provide Clues to our Planet's Future Climate By pulling cores of ancient ooze from beneath the ocean floor, scientists hope to learn how the Earth responded to climate change 50 million years ago and how it may react to future warming.
Wired December 2004 Erika Check	Mysteries of the Deep The top 15 places to explore beneath the sea.
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	Coast Guard Demonstrates New Sensor Technologies Coast Guard researchers have entered the final stages of a $5 million sonar project that shoots 16,000 sonar beams and instantly assembles the return soundings into a 3-D video image of the ocean floor.
Wired September 22, 2008 Damon Tabor	Scientists May Soon Outnumber Penguins at Earth's Poles Tens of thousands of scientists are zipping up their parkas for the latest International Polar Year initiative.
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Jeff Wise	World's Longest Underwater Pipeline Will Tap the Sea Norwegian energy company Hydro has developed the giant Ormen Lange undersea gas field 60 miles offshore, and is now finishing a monster 746-mile undersea pipeline to connect it to processing plants in Britain.
National Defense August 2014 Stew Magnuson	New Satellite Systems to Boost Communication Coverage in Arctic A Navy report says the Arctic region is warming up at twice the pace of the rest of the Earth. This has important national security implications.
National Defense March 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Coast Guard Refocusing Missions Toward Western Hemisphere, Arctic The Coast Guard faces a future of expanded missions around the globe that will force it to reposition much of its fleet to the Western Hemisphere and Arctic region.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 David Lee Smith	StatoilHydro: One Cool Operator Norway's resident oil company is gaining attention for feats of exploration bravado in some of the world's most remote areas.
Geotimes November 2007 Erin Wayman	No Arctic Drilling for Shell? A summer filled with legal setbacks is preventing Shell Oil Company from conducting exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea offshore of northern Alaska.
Geotimes October 2007 Moran & Backman	The Arctic Ocean: So Much We Still Don't Know In 2004, the Arctic Coring Expedition team took three ships to the Arctic to drill a core near the Lomonosov Ridge. The team's results are teaching us more than we ever knew about the past 65 million years in the Arctic.
National Defense January 2004 Harold Kennedy	U.S.-Led Coalition Seeks To Block Weapon Shipments The United States and 10 other nations have embarked upon a controversial plan to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction by blocking suspect shipments by air, land or sea.
Wired December 2004 Sylvia A. Earle	The Wild Blue Under The more we understand about life in extreme environments, the greater chance we'll know where to look in space.
Geotimes November 2005 John A. Kelmelis	The Geosciences and Future Foreign Policy The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of State have paired up in a project to identify emerging earth science findings that are both reliable and have foreign policy implications.
Popular Mechanics August 12, 2008 Laurie J. Schmidt	Sensor-Laden Super Seals Dive Deep for New Global Warming Data A behemoth marine mammal whose diving skills would put an Olympic athlete to shame has become a surprise player in climate-change studies
IEEE Spectrum December 2006 Sandra Upson	Showdown On The Energy Frontier Russia's huge oil and gas fields test relations with foreign investors
Geotimes December 2006	Top Climate News Stories of 2006 A new public face for climate change... Strong debate over storms... Thawing ice shifts water cycles... Methane climate menagerie... etc.
National Defense April 2012 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Considering Permanent Bases in Arctic The Coast Guard will for the first time dispatch one of its new National Security Cutters to the Arctic as the ice breaks up on Alaska's North Slope this summer.
National Defense December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Coast Guard, NOAA Testing Drones in Arctic The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the Coast Guard are teaming up in the Arctic to test new unmanned aerial system applications.
National Defense June 2009 Michael G. Frodl	U.S. Energy Debate Overlooks Russian, Chinese Postures Energy security is now being given serious attention.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 David Mattison	Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life.
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Mark Morrison	Plenty Of Oil--Just Drill Deeper The discovery of reserves in the Gulf of Mexico means supply isn't topping out.
Geotimes July 2004 Naomi Lubick	Ocean Management 101 In a recent report, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy calls for a uniform national policy on ocean research -- including management of coastal areas such as the West Coast.
Outside May 2003 Sam Moulton	Dempster Driving Take a tundra tour along the Yukon's loneliest road
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Dave Levitan	Laser Eyes Spy a Big Melt in the Arctic Airborne altimeters yield a disturbing picture of polar ice loss
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Facing Uncertainty, Navy Contemplates `Alternative Futures' Navy officials worry that fleet expansion efforts could be wrecked if the Defense Department cuts naval budgets to pay for the addition of thousands of troops to the Army and Marine Corps over the next four years.