The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. From impacting worldwide weather patterns to making the ...

The Earth contains two frosty, cold ends: the northern Arctic Circle — more commonly known as the “North Pole” and home to the beloved Santa Claus — and the opposite, southern continent of Antarctica.

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 ...

The orange tributary of the Kugororuk River in Alaska is an example of a "rusting river." These rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska, the result of thawing permafrost.

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is a first-person account of ongoing research. “Last year we had no snow here,” the hotel desk clerk in Anchorage said. That got my attention, because this is Alaska, after all. We ...

The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years. The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping. The North ...

Norway’s Arctic cities are evolving from small settlements to resource-driven hubs. Climate change, tourism, and industry ...

Over the course of 20 years and 11 trips, writer Neil Shea explored the awe-inspiring landscape of the Arctic, its icy whiteness and sparkling blues. He encountered narwhals poking their tusks above ...

The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even ...

Hundreds of Arctic rivers and streams are turning bright red-orange, not from chemical pollution, but from naturally occurring iron spilling from long-frozen ground as temperatures warm. The "rusting ...