The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. The sun was slated to set at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, and it won’t return until Jan. 22.

Roughly twenty miles above Earth's surface, in a largely invisible layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere, some of ...

A wide swath of the western U.S. may be in for below-average temperatures as forecasts suggest an Arctic blast is looming.

In a move to streamline governance, get institutes to “talk” to one another and collectively address the scientific and ...

Gricius said governments are not just focusing on the military value of Arctic security, but are also taking into account its ...

As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, you might find yourself wondering where you’d go if civilization suddenly ...

Utqiagvik, Alaska has seen its last sunrise this year; America's northernmost settlement will not see the Sun again until Jan ...

The findings in Spitsbergen demonstrate that marine ecosystems rebounded rapidly after the end-Permian mass extinction, ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have identified stormlike ...

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

The Norwegian government has granted permission for the construction and operation of the Nussir copper mine in Hammerfest, a ...

A potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter ...