A potentially explosive political tussle is playing out on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. And some fear the ...

Sea ice loss seems to have triggered a decline in the nutrient nitrate, affecting the tiny organisms that form the ...

Watch how the British military is trying to counter an increase in hostile activity in the High North.

July 11, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

The advisories cover portions of some of the coldest inhabited regions of the United States.

Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and ...

The Bureau of Land Management says it will not “unreasonably limit development” of oil and gas in the refuge until many ...

Over a century ago, a team of researchers set out to establish the first research station on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. Then ...

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

China's activities in the Arctic are aimed at promoting peace, stability and sustainable development in the region, and are ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...

Thirty million years separate the freezing of Antarctica from the glaciation of the Arctic, and for decades that gap made ...