"We wanted to show that these glaciers are not going back and forth." Photographer captures haunting Arctic transformation ...

Maksagak has been instrumental in helping Real Ice to consult with the local community about their research, and she is ...

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Arctic fjords, once vital carbon sinks, are losing their ability to store carbon as climate change transforms ecosystems like Kongsfjorden.

With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

When the 2,300-meter-long runway was built in the early 1970s, at Longyearbyen, no one expected that it would start to melt. ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As sea ice melts and ocean patterns shift, pollutants from Siberian rivers are ...

Arctic soils hold far more carbon than is in the atmosphere, creating a growing problem in terms of wider emissions control.