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 ...

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

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but ...

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

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

The Arctic is no longer frozen in time. Ice is melting. Tensions are rising. And the world’s biggest powers are locking horns ...

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

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

A new study in Science uses ancient and modern DNA to tell the Qimmeq’s story. It’s a story not just about dogs, but also ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the ...