In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.

A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of ...

As part of the EU project ECOTIP, an international team of researchers, including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, has analyzed ...

A new study suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and scientists believe it's due to the impacts of climate change.

Discover how Arctic animals survive extreme cold with special traits like thick fur, blubber and camouflage. Learn about top species mastering life below freezing.

In the coming decades, climate change is likely to lead to a loss of sea ice in and an influx of warmer water to the Arctic ...

Cosmic dust trapped, or blocked, by Arctic ice allowed researchers to map 30,000 years of sea-ice history. Their findings ...

Recent stream research shows that arctic grayling are going to need more protection to survive in the Big Hole River as ...

Scientists are collecting DNA from the Arctic Ocean to create a better map of climate change and environmental health ...

The northern U.S. is bracing for bone-chilling cold as a weakened polar vortex pushes Arctic air south. How cold will temps get in Michigan?

Breaking Down Arctic Amplification Surface temperatures in the Arctic have warmed more than twice as fast as the global ...

As a professor and climate scientist at the University of Maine and, until recently, the director of the school’s highly ...