From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon ...

(Bob Wick / U.S. Bureau of Land Management) The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes ...

The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in the region: It was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life ...

When Beijing sends research vessels into the Arctic, “it’s always double-dipping” for broader Chinese economic and military interests than just science, two experts on the changing security ...

Arctic sea ice is shrinking as humans continue to heat up the world by burning fossil fuels. Since the mid-1980s, the amount of thick, multi-year ice has shrunk by 95% . The ice that remains is ...

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The Polar Bear Capital of the World sounds like a prime spot to observe the animals, and researchers who did just that came away with a stark warning. A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax ...

They first looked at changes in the amount of dust released from the Arctic land surface over the past 40 years, between 1981 and 2020. The simulations showed that dust emissions increased by 20% ...

China and Russia are stepping up efforts to develop Arctic shipping routes amid growing geopolitical tensions between both countries and the West. The two nations had reached consensus on the ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Citing growing interest by China and Russia in the Arctic as global warming makes the region more accessible, Canada on Friday said it would focus on building stronger ...

While the retreat of the polar icecap is steadily opening the region for commercial traffic and mineral exploration, the ICE Pact is largely driven by concerns over the Arctic capabilities of an ...

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change.