Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape.

Arctic rivers wind through remote tundra and boreal forests, freezing solid in winter and surging each spring with snowmelt, ...

On Sept. 1, 2023, a team of researchers and scientists embarked on a journey from Kodiak, Alaska, to Tromsø, Norway, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (USCGC Healy), the largest and most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leap and a plunge into the snow could earn this arctic fox its supper. Jupiterimages/PHOTOS ...

A lab study has revealed how coastal permafrost cliffs erode in Arctic landscapes. The researchers' work helps us understand the conditions that make Arctic coastal bluffs erode most quickly and the ...

For the past seven decades, Canada has been the junior partner in a military agreement with the United States to protect the ...

The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes of extreme melting, which occurs when ice losses that previously took ...

The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover, these blazes are burning larger, hotter, and longer than they did in previous decades.

Authors: Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder; Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks The Arctic can feel like a far-off ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

The epic Arctic landscape of Svalbard will make its big screen debut this week. Action film star Tom Cruise has once again pushed the boundaries of filmmaking, venturing to the remote and breathtaking ...