Past colonial atrocities and catastrophes have not deterred today’s global powers from vying for control of the Arctic.

The geopolitical consequences could be catastrophic if the US presses ahead with its plan to acquire Greenland ...

The Arctic ice still harbors some sanctuaries. Among them, the "Last Ice Area" seemed to resist the upheavals of climate ...

Sparsely populated and largely impassable, areas within the Arctic Circle are nevertheless becoming one of the most important ...

A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

Even minor temperature changes show drastic impacts on Earth's North and South poles and soon one of them will turn ice-free.

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Investment in Pituffik has been inconsistent, however, and its importance has waned since the Cold War. Renewed attention to ...

Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said ...

F or bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times ...