While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its ...

The Arctic is emerging as a strategic hotspot due to melting ice and new trade routes. The Northern Sea Route along Russia’s ...

This year's COP30 comes after the international Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National ...

The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in the region: It was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life bloomed ...

Map of areas that experienced ecosystem climate stress in the Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020 as detected by multiple variables including satellite data and long-term temperature records.

Minerals from a cave in Greenland reveal that the Arctic was warm and had no permafrost, with CO₂ levels similar to today's.

The Arctic, once a distant and desolate expanse, is now at the epicenter of global competition. March 2025 marked a grim milestone: the smallest maximum ...

Polar warming is fueling rising disease burdens, worsening food insecurity, increasing mental health strain, and amplifying ...

This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic Report Card. It contained sobering news about the state of the tundra. NOAA reported that after storing ...

Countries are increasingly turning to the thawing and sparsely populated northern polar region as part of a push to break ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists say changes in the earth's climate from human influences are occurring particularly intensely in the Arctic region, evidenced by widespread melting of glaciers, thinning sea ...