As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

The amount of marine life off north-east Greenland could expand by more than a quarter, according to new research.

Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

Scientists and researchers are keeping a keen eye on Greenland, but to prevent a total meltdown, global temperatures need to ...

Norway's Svalbard Airport, built on an unstable permafrost foundation, is the world's northernmost airport with scheduled ...

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

Climate change is creating new pathways for the spread of infectious diseases like brucellosis, tularemia, or E. coli in the Arctic, according to a broad international consortium of scientists with a ...

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

The unexpected threat posed by melting permafrost — including ground instability and infrastructure collapse — is outlined in ...

The decline of the island’s ice and increasingly volatile weather have made it hard to maintain some Indigenous traditions.

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.