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.

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 ...

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 ...

Narwhals, one of the shyest and most sensitive whale species on Earth, keep slamming into it. At one site, it’s happening ...

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ecosystems rebuild.

About 252 million years ago, Earth experienced the most devastating mass extinction in its history. Known as “the Great Dying ...

Researchers look into the amount of cosmic dust in ocean sediment cores of various areas in Arctic to figure out the area's ...

Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...