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 ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about a hidden danger of the rapidly warming Arctic that could have catastrophic consequences for millions of people: the “mercury bomb”. A vast reservoir of ...

Giant Mine, near the subarctic city of Yellowknife, was once one of the biggest gold mines in the Northwest Territories, said ...

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

With the Arctic warming faster than the global average, researchers at UBC and the University of Edinburgh have made an ...