The Arctic Ice Project had been testing the use of silica beads to increase the reflectivity of young sea ice, helping to preserve it through the Arctic summer. Receive a weekly dose of discovery ...

At 13,000 tons, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Star is a mammoth vessel made to crash through Arctic ice more than 20 feet thick. But it is the U.S.’s only icebreaker that operates year-round ...

As Arctic ice melts, alternative shipping routes are opening up, which is believed to be behind President Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland from Denmark. Based on a report by The Simons ...

Things in the Arctic have never been hotter. In the past year, Russian nuclear submarines have practiced firing cruise missiles near NATO members Norway, Finland and Sweden. That drill followed ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. built a nuclear-powered underground military facility under the ice. Archival video shows us how it was pulled off—and why it could never last.

Though some snow is possible with this system, the main weather threat will be freezing rain, and thus ice, forecasters said. The ice on the roads could lead to dangerous to "impossible" travel ...

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In truth, the ice pack is in near-constant motion: flexing and breaking, flowing and piling up as winds and currents push it around the Arctic. These forces compact ice, creating thick ridges that ...

The 'Last Ice Area' is expected to be the final place in the Arctic where ice persists all year round even as our planet warms up – but a new study suggests the region, and the ecosystem that relies ...

A US research non-profit called the Arctic Ice Project (AIP) is closing down its operations and has cancelled ongoing geoengineering experiments in the Arctic, citing environmental concerns and ...

Warming temperatures are linked to many changes in the Arctic, including reduced sea ice, melting permafrost and rising sea levels. The Arctic fox was impacted tremendously by the fur trade because of ...

Environment Canada has issued extreme-cold or arctic-outflow warnings for numerous areas in the province, with wind chill forecast to drop to minus 45 in the north and minus 25 on the coast. The ...