Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

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

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

When the 2,300-meter-long runway was built in the early 1970s, at Longyearbyen, no one expected that it would start to melt. ...

With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

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

“Unfortunately we’re in a position now where if we don’t protect and restore ecosystems, we will face collapse.” This story ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As sea ice melts and ocean patterns shift, pollutants from Siberian rivers are ...

Equally worrying, Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic.

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

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