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

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

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

A new peer-reviewed study warns that the Earth is on a dangerous trajectory toward breaching multiple environmental “tipping points” that could cause long-term and irreversible damage to the planet’s ...

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

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

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

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

However, the risks are not limited to permafrost regions, as dormant pathogens can also be found in large bodies of ice such as glaciers. Last year, scientists found 1,700 ancient viruses lurking ...

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 ...

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