The analysis, ‘Arctic Report Card’, is a yearly report on the polar region and was published last week. Arctic tundra emitting more carbon than storing it would have global consequences as this would ...

The icebreaker owned by Sun Yat-sen University is studying the impact of rapid environmental changes on the climate.

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. As the Arctic reacts to the planet-warming gases that humans have pumped ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer modern culture, before climate change destroys them forever.

These ridges, formed when ice floes collide and stack, are a defining feature of Arctic sea ice. While they present challenges for shipping, they are also vital to the region’s ecosystem. In a newly ...

Current local time in Longyearbyen (Arctic/Longyearbyen timezone). Get information about the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is ...

The Arctic is one of the areas most visibly impacted by human-caused climate change ... but in the Arctic, there's a zone of continuous permafrost that's not so evident in southern Alaska.

Warming temperatures are causing the ground to sink across parts of the Arctic, and a new study is urging better ...

The Arctic Circle has shifted from storing carbon ... to face profound challenges in the coming decades as a result of climate change. The study, published Dec. 16 in the American Geophysical ...

It has also modernized airfields and ports, often with Chinese investment, along the Northern Sea Route and inside the Arctic Zone of the Russian ... and a fast- changing climate’s impact ...