The Arctic Ocean is a vast and pristine expanse that has long been a defining feature of the planet, but now it stands on the ...

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia ...

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of the past 750,000 years. These insights challenge long-standing theories. For ...

New regulations present challenges to wildlife viewing in Svalbard, but they haven’t sent tourism into a deep freeze, says ...

A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in ...

ConocoPhillips is pushing to explore for more oil near its mammoth Willow project in Alaska, betting there are vast reserves ...

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is an important climate indikator, in particular the summer ice. The September sea ice extent ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

Since the Cold War, the United States and many of its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies have regarded the Arctic as a ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...

Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard ...