The Arctic is heating up particularly fast as a result of global warming—with serious consequences. The widespread permafrost ...

Scientists say that this decline has an impact on fire weather by influencing air temperature and precipitation rates globally.

Permafrost thaw poses multiple risks to local Arctic communities, their livelihoods, infrastructure and environment. A ...

In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, an international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions associated with thawing permafrost. They identified five key risks related to ...

Arctic sea ice is undergoing profound changes, with older, rugged ice diminishing and younger, smoother ice becoming more ...

In the Arctic, the old, multiyear ice is increasingly melting, dramatically reducing the frequency and size of pressure ...

Underwater robots, combined with simple instruments from 100 years ago, are helping researchers unlock the secrets of ...

The climate skeptic is responding to the reality of the Arctic’s melting ice: more resource extraction, faster trade routes, ...