The U.S. government should emphasize the importance of polar diplomacy amid continuing territorial disputes among Arctic ...

The ice is melting because of global warming. When humans burn fossil fuels like oil and coal, a bunch of greenhouse gases go ...

Today, global warming and dramatic melting of polar ice urgently underscore the vital importance of the region.

What about the rest of the North?” asked McGeorge Bundy, President of the Ford Foundation, back in the 1970s while considering yet one more grant to help the troubled Native ...

The biggest glacier in the Northern Hemisphere is also one of the coolest places to peek into Alaska's ancient geological ...

New genetic research on the Alaska red king crab reveals previously undiscovered diversity among different regions, ...

"The most climate-stressed regions all contained permafrost, which is vulnerable to thaw as temperatures rise," researcher Sue Natali said.

UVA architecture students get hands-on experience addressing the effects of melting snow in Alaska’s northernmost town.

Florida State University researchers are part of the first global study on glacial organic carbon and have found that just ...

Today, global warming and dramatic melting of polar ice urgently underscore the vital importance of the region.

New research reveals the Arctic is changing fast as permafrost regions are warming, forests are stressed, and flooding is ...

Meteorologists say the active start to January is a sign of what’s ahead with concerns about drought, more cold and a sharp ...