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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The amount of marine life off north-east Greenland could expand by more than a quarter, according to new research.

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 ...

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