China is paying Russia to join Arctic expeditions while also pushing for greater cooperation from Nordic states.

The Polar Vortex is expected to be impacted by a Sudden Stratosphere Warming, bringing cold air to the eastern US.

Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.

Dalhousie researchers have revealed how Arctic aquifers—permeable layers of the ground that store and transmit water to rivers, lakes and terrestrial ecosystems—behave today and how these vital ...

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

The polar vortex isn’t just “cold air” — it’s a massive atmospheric engine that can shift and crack, sending brutal winter outbreaks far from the Arctic. This decade, scientists warn its behavior ...

The scraping of plows and shovels continues to echo across the area as the region digs out of the biggest snow of the year so ...

In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the tiniest clues. Scientist Allison Fong removes an ice block from a floe in ...

This image, combining data from two instruments aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. The ice-rich polar cap (the quasi-circular white area at ...

Scientists monitoring polar bears in northern Canada have documented an exceptionally rare event. And with climate change impacting the mammals' future, they've found it a reassuring sign. In the ...

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 ...

Global warming accelerates glacier melting, which releases antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) into downstream ecosystems, poses a threat to ecological security and human health. Revealing the ...