You've likely heard of the permafrost, but what exactly does it do, and what are the consequences if it melts? Here are some ...

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

Arctic winters - once considered the most stable and predictable part of the region’s climate - are becoming warm, wet, and unstable.

Cave deposits reveal Pleistocene permafrost thaw, absent predicted levels of CO2 release Scientists report permafrost thawed as recently as 400,000 years ago, when temperatures were not much higher ...

Swedish photographer Christian Aslund visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, capturing images that recreated archive pictures of glaciers taken from the same locations more than 100 years ago.

The schism in the ice revealed several square miles of the island's surface, which held a large number of whale bones. Some ...

US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell cut an awkward figure standing next to Donald Trump yesterday, as he rejected the US president’s claim about the cost of a renovation project at the central bank’s ...

Security and safety threats in the Arctic originate within and have primary implications for the region. The pan-northern ...

Instead of the extreme cold they had prepared for, the team worked bare-handed in the rain, a shocking shift from normal ...

A 2,500-mile, 16-day research cruise that began Thursday in Seward and concludes in Nome aims to advance environmental ...

Tulsa Weather: Heat wave holds on, but a drop in temperatures and storm chances return soon A persistent ridge of high pressure will keep temperatures in the upper 90s to near 100° across ...