Congress is once again floating the idea of using projected oil and gas revenues from leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset rising deficits. But new lease sales in the Refuge ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at alarming levels in the Arctic. People living in the Arctic ...

Arctic warming, occurring up to four times faster than the global average, is driving extensive shifts in plant communities, with new species appearing or existing ones disappearing in nearly 60% ...

Typically, sometime in March every year at the end of the long Arctic winter, the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached. Slowly through spring, then accelerating through summer, most of that ...

Since that statement of intent by Moscow in 2007, some things in the far north haven't changed—Russian President Vladimir Putin is still in power, Arctic ice continues to retreat and the race ...

'Cryosphere meltdown' will impact Arctic marine carbon cycles and ecosystems, new study warns. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250425113612.htm ...

In late March, when sea ice extension in the Arctic should be at its highest, scientists studied satellites showing how far the ice reached across the region. What they found was the lowest ...

A large plot of private land in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago may soon be sold for about €300 million ($330 million), but the deal has raised concerns in Oslo over national security.

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation ...

Newsweek reported on China's growing ambitions in the Arctic - and the stone lions from Shanghai - last July. The request also affects a gold-colored plaque with the name "Yellow River Station" in ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to its smallest extent since measurements began in 1979. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that the ...