Farther north, the permafrost is colder to begin with, requiring more heat to initiate a thaw. The data raise haunting questions. If warming continues, how will melting permafrost transform ...

A new pandemic 'could happen in 20 years or more, or it could happen tomorrow'.

World Health Organization is preparing for future pandemics. It tested global readiness with 'Exercise Polaris'. The exercise ...

Witharana says this is the latest in his research group's long-term study of how satellites can help monitor changes in the Arctic landscape over time; in this case, the largely unaccounted-for risks ...

Due to Arctic warming, fossilized microbes buried in Arctic ice and soil may wake up. The fear is that these pathogens will ...

The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary film-makers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra.

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

The dire wolf is no longer extinct. Meet the world’s first de-extinct animals. The science of de-extinction is to analyze the ...

Whether they are rapid onset events like hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, or slow-onset hazards like droughts, permafrost thaw in this case, we need to understand the potential harm these events ...