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

Multiple climate "tipping points" are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research ...

Researchers developed a method that uses high-resolution satellite imagery and deep machine learning to double the mapped ...

Scientists assessed the risk of “tipping” in 16 different parts of the Earth system – ranging from the collapse of major ice ...

Scientists have studied the 2023 eruption of the Sundhnúkagígar volcano in Iceland and found that the sulphur dioxide it ...

Norway's Svalbard Airport, built on an unstable permafrost foundation, is the world's northernmost airport with scheduled ...

Beneath the frozen skin of the Earth, a silent awakening is underway. As Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient ...

I am talking of those subarctic and arctic regions that are based on permafrost — permanently frozen ground — that supports forests of spruce and birch and tundras of feathery moss ...