Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape.

The sound of trickling water might seem harmless, even peaceful. But in the polar regions, this sound is a sinister warning ...

Authors: Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder; Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks The Arctic can feel like a far-off ...

The year 2023 has been one of extremes, from heat waves that baked millions across the globe and made the summer the world's hottest on record to the fires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

New research shows that amplified global warming in the Canadian High Arctic drove a profound shift in the structure of a river network carved into a permafrost landscape in only 60 years. New ...

Thawing permafrost on a small island off the Yukon’s north coast is shedding light on how climate change could dramatically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there.

On Sept. 1, 2023, a team of researchers and scientists embarked on a journey from Kodiak, Alaska, to Tromsø, Norway, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (USCGC Healy), the largest and most ...

The Arctic is “greening,” author Jon Waterman points out early in his beautifully written and gorgeously photographed account of 39 years adventuring in the extreme norths of Alaska and Canada. The ...

This video shows a polar bear walking across a rocky slope near the Arctic coastline in Greenland. The ground is covered with ...