"There could be this giant mercury bomb in the Arctic waiting to explode," study co-author Josh Wes said in a statement.

The Arctic is known to be melting at an alarming rate. The region is losing its icy shield by 12% per decade due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions. The disappearance of Arctic sea ice could ...

Fighter jets from NATO countries intercepted two long-range U.S. heavy bombers in intensive Arctic drills, as tensions ...

Weather maps show snow and ice later this month in another severe Arctic blast where temperatures will again plummet to ...

A man who was badly injured while serving in Iraq and other veterans have raised more than £90,000 for charity through an ...

The UK faces an Arctic snow bomb - as weather maps and charts turn purple. Long-range forecasts show an Arctic blast bringing "misery" to the country with 3cm of snow landing at times - and an ...

The Met Office has issued its verdict over reports a 10cm ARCTIC BLAST is about to strike. Huge flurries of snow are set to fall in parts of the UK early next month, with one day in March especially ...

Blasts of Arctic air have brought record-low temperatures ... Some parts of the South saw snow for the first time in decades, and a “bomb cyclone” brought heavy snow and high winds to the ...

A Tipton man who suffered life-changing injuries when serving in Iraq is among a group of veterans who have completed an ...

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Permafrost covers about 25% of the exposed land surface in the Northern Hemisphere, crucial in locking away carbon and toxic metals like mercury.