People often confuse the Arctic with Antarctica. Both are cold and icy, but that’s basically where the similarities end. The Arctic is a region at the top of Earth consisting of an ocean—the ...

Denmark takes over the Arctic Council’s rotating chairmanship from Norway at a time when Arctic security tensions are fraught and U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to annex Greenland ...

The frozen frontier of the Arctic serves as a canary in the coal mines for the impending climate catastrophe. It also serves as the source of great geopolitical leverage as sea levels continue to ...

Congress is once again floating the idea of using projected oil and gas revenues from leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset rising deficits. But new lease sales in the Refuge ...

A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks.

The Arctic is warming faster on average than the rest of the world, with global consequences. Without curbing greenhouse-gas emissions, within 15 years, there could be no summer sea ice to reflect ...

The NSR is an increasingly valuable trade route, especially for China. For Russia, the traditional hegemon of the Arctic, that’s a problem. China initially engaged in scientific Arctic work ...

Greenland's foreign minister is the new chair of the Arctic Council as the Kingdom of Denmark takes over the position from Norway. Vivian Motzfeldt will be chair for the next two years ...

Pollution from human activities has pumped increasing amounts of mercury into the atmosphere, and for reasons that are not well understood, the Arctic region has significantly higher levels of ...

The Arctic action-thriller was inspired by a Danish special forces unit, known as Sirius Patrol, tasked with defending Greenland’s 8,700-mile frozen and formidable coastline. Mikkelsen is one of ...