Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

One of the world’s most extreme airports, Norway’s Svalbard Airport, is at risk of disappearing. The world’s northernmost ...

When Svalbard Airport, world’s northernmost destination for scheduled commercial flights, was built, no one expected the ...

The Arctic is becoming the most critical geopolitical hotspot of the 21st century—and hardly anyone is talking about it. As ...

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

Since covid brought the world to a standstill in 2020, thoughts have turned to what the next global pandemic could be.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice. Can science refreeze ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to its smallest extent since measurements began in ...

The economic promise of the Arctic, and particularly the region’s greater accessibility, has also heightened military and ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Navigating ships through the icy waters of the Canadian Arctic can be difficult and dangerous. But as the climate warms, Arctic ice is melting, so shipping companies are watching to see if the melting ...