P lans to fight climate change by manipulating the Arctic and Antarctic environment are dangerous, unlikely to work and could distract from the need to ditch fossil fuels, dozens of polar scientists ...

In western Siberia, a rare kind of gas explosion is carving deep, near vertical craters in the tundra. Some of these massive ...

Natural History Museum scientist Laura Molares Moncayo studies microbial life in the Arctic. © James Bradley Laura Molares ...

Some scientists argue the risks of climate damage outweigh possible benefits. Others say more research is needed as the ...

In the current environment, neither Russia nor the United States is likely to act on this threat. It’s thus up to Canada to lead, in cooperation with other permafrost nations — the Nordic countries, ...

A specialized plane, camera and a crew of four are in Alaska to understand the ecosystems of the Bering and Chukchi seas.

Moonshot proposals to save the poles are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ideas ...

"Atmospheric rivers" are large-scale extreme weather systems that are making headlines more frequently. When viewed in ...

A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed ...

The Arctic is one of the coldest places on Earth, but in recent decades, the region has been rapidly warming, at a rate three to four times faster than the global average. However, current climate ...

In 2024, as unpredictable rains, snow and heat beat down on Finland’s Arctic, reindeer struggled to secure food sources, say Indigenous Sámi herders who shuffle their packs from one grazing ground to ...

Norway's engineers had created a novel invention to help Arctic seals: floating "ice pods" that give the animals somewhere to "rest, raise pups, and survive" amid a warming planet and melting sea ice.