What did the Arctic look like in the distant past? The answer carries significant implications for understanding how it will ...

Expect more activity in the Arctic ocean in spring 2026, when the ice melts. But how quickly the region opens up depends on ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

Cosmic dust can tell scientists about how ice covered Earth during the last ice age. This dust is leftover debris from ...

Researchers found that the fringes of Arctic sea ice tend to host more nitrogen-fixing bacteria and higher nitrogen-fixing ...

Arctic sea ice has declined by more than 42% since 1979, when regular satellite monitoring began. As the ice grows thinner ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the ...

The departure of Elizabeth Qaulluq Cravalho, who until earlier this month was a commissioner on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, or USARC, is the latest sign of turmoil within the Arctic research ...

The Arctic isn’t just warming faster than the rest of the planet - it has entered a new climate state where extreme events ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

Ice is not quiet. Standing at the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland under a midnight sun, a clash of titans got underway: “Snap ...