On a flat map, Greenland looks like a lonely white expanse at the top of the world. On the right projections, it jumps out as ...

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

The year was 1845. Many cartographers and some Arctic explorers in the early 1800’s believed there was a way to sail from ...

The Arctic just experienced its hottest year since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. Rising temperatures in the ...

The correlation between Arctic wildfires and abnormal snow cover under global warming is of growing concern. A comprehensive ...

AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...

A powerful Arctic blast is sending temperatures plunging across the U.S., raising concerns about safety, energy demand, and ...

As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, bird species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster. A new study led by researchers from the University ...