Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images Across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there.

Authors: Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder; Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks The Arctic can feel like a far-off ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover, these blazes are ...

The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes of extreme melting, which occurs when ice losses that previously took ...

The Arctic is “greening,” author Jon Waterman points out early in his beautifully written and gorgeously photographed account of 39 years adventuring in the extreme norths of Alaska and Canada. The ...

The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since modern records began over a century ago, and scientists say the warming is happening much faster than across the rest of the planet. According to the ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

The University of Victoria (UVic) Arctic Landscape Ecology Lab and the Gwich’in Tribal Council’s Department of Culture and Heritage received the Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award. The ...