An appeals court ruled Thursday that the Norwegian government can hand out oil drilling licenses in the Arctic, dealing a second blow to environmental groups that had sued against further drilling in the Barents Sea.
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Less summer sea ice in the Arctic can lead to increased thawing of what was once permanently frozen land – a relationship that has potentially dangerous consequences for Earth’s climate, according to a study published Wednesday.
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If history is any indication, the retreat of ice from Greenland may occur sooner than anyone expected, according to a study published Monday.
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The feeding habits of polar bears are being thrown for a loop because of melting sea ice, causing some to feed on prey with higher concentrations of pollutants.
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting so quickly that nearly 400 million people will be underwater within 80 years due to rising sea levels, according to a study published Tuesday.
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Thick reindeer fur boots and a fur hat covering most of his face shielded Niila Inga from 4 below zero Fahrenheit winds as he raced his snowmobile up to a mountaintop overlooking his reindeer in the Swedish arctic.
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More than 50 polar bears have gathered on the edge of a village in Russia’s far north, residents and environmentalists said, as weak Arctic ice leaves them unable to roam.
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The climate as we know it could drastically change should Earth’s average temperature and the temperatures of the polar regions rise by just 3.6 degrees – a threshold the planet may already be poised to cross in mere decades, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Advances.
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In the new reality of the U.S. Arctic, instead of studying thick, years-old sea ice, researchers are studying waves in open waters of the Chukchi Sea, and how they may pummel the northern Alaska coastline.
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Snow and cold records fell Tuesday as an arctic air mass that started in Siberia spilled over a big chunk of the eastern half of the United States, including the normally mild South.
Read moreAs viruses travel through melting Arctic ice due to climate change, sea mammals like harbor seals will be more susceptible to certain pathogens that could kill them as they travel between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific oceans, according to a new study published on Thursday.
Read moreA Justice Department attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday that the government should be allowed to open warming Arctic waters to more drilling, claiming domestic oil and gas projects will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
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While scientists have already warned about the rapid thawing of permafrost in the Arctic and its release of harmful greenhouse gases, a study published Monday shows that the amount of carbon dioxide released in the air is quickly outpacing the amount Arctic plants take in during their growing season.
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Kayaking past blue-white icebergs drifting along near a pristine harbor, wandering around colorful houses or trekking in the snow-capped wilderness: July and August are high season for tourists in eastern Greenland.
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Extreme weather in the Arctic in 2018 brought huge amounts of snow that melted slowly and resulted in the reproductive failure of the region’s plants and animals, according to a new study.
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Scientists have chosen an ice floe on which to begin setting up a research camp for a year-long international expedition to study the Arctic, Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute said Friday.
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A team of scientists from 19 countries will set off for the Arctic on Friday, aiming to freeze their ship into the polar ice for a year to research the changing climate.
Read moreOver protests from Republicans that repealing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would irreversibly damage U.S. energy independence, House Democrats passed a bill Thursday to protect the pristine coastal plains from oil and gas developers.
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Tethered between pastel-colored wooden houses in the Greenlandic village of Kulusuk and on hills nearby, the island’s famous sled dogs wait through the summer for the ice to form so their hunting season can begin.
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In waters believed to be extraordinarily abundant in natural resources, the historic deal among five nations that touch on the Arctic Ocean is considered a pre-emptive strike against overfishing as the polar ice cap disappears.
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