By early May, the high sun can make calm Arctic days mild or even hot. We update expeditions on Ellesmere Island, the ...

The Arctic region, with its pristine landscapes and unique ecosystems, is a treasure trove of untouched islands just waiting ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

having fallen from 1,200 polar bears in the 1990s to about 800 today. Climate change has shrunk the expanse of sea ice that once spread from the North Pole to southern Hudson Bay. In 2020 ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals ... the danger they pose to life in the North Pole. The chemicals are used in many ...

Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole journey had been mythically ... Forget about blizzards, polar bears, and Arctic typhoons. But, Franklin and a crew of 128 men never made ...

Once upon a time, if you were mapping global trade, your pen would glide through the Middle East and North ... threat, ice is vanishing, and global powers are circling like polar bears around ...

Svalbard is the fastest warming place in the world, and even within the Arctic. Leaving as little trace as possible is a ...

The North Pole could shift ... rebounding from the last Ice Age, but soon human-caused ice melt will outpace this ancient process, researchers predict. Loss of polar ice is literally tilting ...