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

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

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

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 ...

University of Connecticut on Apr 23, 2025 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science. Resear ...

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 ...

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

When Svalbard Airport, world’s northernmost destination for scheduled commercial flights, was built, no one expected the ...

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

The unexpected threat posed by melting permafrost — including ground instability and infrastructure collapse — is outlined in ...