As the global energy landscape shifts, securing access to Arctic natural gas through the Northern Sea Route will be an ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...

When Ursula von der Leyen first announced a revision of the EU’s Arctic policy in Reykjavík this summer, she framed it ...

Finland issued a new Arctic foreign and security policy on Tuesday, warning that the region is entering a period of ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

A polar bear devours a sperm whale on the ice of Svalbard, a scene that reveals how Arctic wildlife is struggling to survive ...

WASHINGTON - Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second-lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, mostly blaming global warming. "This is not a ...

I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas ...

Scientists say that this decline has an impact on fire weather by influencing air temperature and precipitation rates globally.

The newly elected Norwegian government today ruled out deep-sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of ...