"It is hard to make firm predictions, because other mechanisms may pull in the opposite direction." Scientists stunned after ...

A polar bear devours a sperm whale on the ice of Svalbard, a scene that reveals how Arctic wildlife is struggling to survive ...

THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE—Climate change is melting sea ice at a quickening pace, and in the process rekindling dreams that have ...

Melting polar ice is unleashing stronger, faster currents, reshaping heat flow, nutrient pathways, and microplastic movement ...

A research team has found that summer rainfall in the Arctic would increase by about 17% under 2°C global warming, approximately 16% of which is attributed to sea ice retreat. Their findings were ...

The Arctic has rapidly become a major point of confrontation among global powers for several strategic, economic, and security reasons.

This decline of summer sea ice area has a multitude of effects, from changing local ecosystems to allowing more shipping through the Arctic Ocean. It also enhances global warming, because the loss of ...

Monday is set to be the coldest day of the arctic air outbreak, where temperatures will be subzero across Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The Trump administration and Congress, seeking to improve security, have approved funding for eight icebreakers and are ...

Frigid temps and heavy snow gripped much of the U.S. on December 1, the first day of meteorological winter. It looks like ...

ATLANTA — December 1 is the first day of meteorological winter, and right on cue extreme cold and a powerful winter storm are ...