After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the northern latitudes have nearly canceled out that critical storage capacity in the ...
A potentially explosive political tussle is playing out on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. And some fear the ...
The Arctic, long regarded as a mythical realm, is rapidly changing due to climate change. Kenneth R. Rosen's 'Polar War' ...
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 ...
Discover how marine heat waves in the Arctic have surged since the 1980s, with events lasting over a year due to melting ice and warming temperatures, disrupting ecosystems and impacting global ...
Parts of the Arctic are enduring exceptionally high temperatures — up 30 to 40 degrees above normal — because of multiple intense heat domes. One intense heat dome has progressed from northern Alaska ...
Canada’s Liberal government is expected to unveil a new Arctic policy by the end of the year. The document, following hot on the heels of the aggressive new Arctic strategy the United States adopted ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The post-New Year's Day arctic blast that dropped temperatures across the Philadelphia-South Jersey region shows no sign of ...
This is the Kronprins Haakon, a Norwegian icebreaking ship in the Arctic. On 22 January, it's the only NATO icebreaker in the ...
The Pentagon on Monday announced a new strategy to build up its presence in the Arctic region, which is becoming more contested militarily as climate change drives the melting of sea ice and opens up ...
As the Arctic warms, its mighty rivers are changing in ways that could have vast consequences – not only for the Arctic region but for the world. Rivers represent the land branch of the earth's ...