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

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

Svalbard is the fastest warming place in the world, and even within the Arctic. Leaving as little trace as possible is a ...

The discovery of Yana's exposed body came about because of thawing permafrost, which scientists believe is due to global ...

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

Climate change is not only melting ice—it's melting the barriers between ecosystems, animals, and people. 'Permafrost thawing could even release ancient bacteria or viruses that have been frozen ...

A recent UN report highlights alarming melting rates of glaciers, which could in turn jeopardise water security for billions ...

To see the melting for myself, I travel to Fairbanks, Alaska, and from there north to Prudhoe Bay, where two cold-adapted scientists have been probing the permafrost. Tom Osterkamp, a geophysicist ...

As the ice in the Arctic melts, more industries and people are flocking to the area, raising the chance for infectious ...

Mountains, which cover 33 million sq km of the Earth’s surface, are crucial for sustaining life on the planet. For instance, around 2 billion people downstream depend on mountains for freshwater resou ...