Changing arctic sea ice is heavily impacting the climate, and environment of Alaskan wildlife and biomes, as well as the ...

A team of researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office have been investigating the impact of Arctic sea-ice ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to its Seattle home port Sunday, following a 129-day patrol that concluded its annual Arctic deployment. Healy, one of three Coast Guard polar ...

This slower ice recovery matters far beyond the Arctic Circle. When less sea ice forms in the fall, more heat and moisture escape from the ocean into the atmosphere. This added warmth can disrupt the ...

Including many related to retirement plans — because hurricane damage is par for the course in a predictable place like Florida or Louisiana. But in Alaska, of all places?

As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, a new scientific review outlines how events once considered rare — from massive heat waves to record ice melt — are now becoming routine.” Published on ...

Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ...

As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat ...

The Coast Guard warned of "increased Chinese research vessel activity" in the U.S. Arctic as it responded to multiple vessels in the region. The agency said it recently "detected and responded to two ...

MOSCOW, July 23 (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday began major navy drills involving more than 150 vessels and 15,000 military personnel in the Pacific and Arctic oceans and in the Baltic and Caspian ...

The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region.