A research team has found that summer rainfall in the Arctic would increase by about 17% under 2°C global warming, ...

Deep beneath the Arctic permafrost and ocean sediments, a massive reservoir of methane, often referred to as a “time bomb,” ...

Equipment to help monitor climate change has been set up in the Arctic Circle by researchers from the University of Leicester ...

The Arctic isn’t just warming faster than the rest of the planet - it has entered a new climate state where extreme events are more frequent.

From giant holes in Siberia to legions of beavers in Alaska, the Arctic is changing rapidly and accelerating the climate ...

With all eyes on the COP30 climate talks in Belém, underway in Brazil this week, the organization representing Inuit ...

A cave in northern Greenland shows the Arctic once thawed under mild conditions. Scientists say even small warming can trigger huge changes.

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences ...

Clouds of gray smoke in the lower left are funneled northward from wildfires in Western Canada, reaching the edge of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean. A second path of thick smoke is visible at ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the ...

Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...