This decline of summer sea ice area has a multitude of effects, from changing local ecosystems to allowing more shipping through the Arctic Ocean. It also enhances global warming, because the loss of ...

Spending the night on the Greenland Ice Sheet, where the sun never sets and the ice never stops moving, is an adventure ...

When a threatened species rebounds, it’s usually an unequivocal conservation success. When it comes to Snow Geese and their ...

Between a third and half of all soil carbon on Earth is stored in peatlands, says Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished Professor Joel Kostka. These wetlands—formed from layers and layers of decaying ...

Meteorologists will factor this year's warm blob into forecasts for winter. The large patch of anomalous water can induce a ...

On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling, braking, and being one with the snow. Summer is on its way out.

This caught my attention. With all the fancy hip packs, sling bags, backpacks, and vests on the market, the one piece of gear every guide at the lodge agreed on was a simple pouch made by Yeti. The ...

I guided at The Ridge Lodge this summer. With years of guiding under my belt, it stood out as one of the best Alaskan lodges ...

A first mini-bite of winter will send temperatures plummeting below freezing in an early Polar plunge. Bitter winds from the ...

The "warm blob" is back! It sounds a little like a horror movie. An expansive pool of unusually warm water in the northern ...

September 2025/Ghent/Kiel. With a four-day meeting at Ghent University, the third phase of the European research project MiningImpact has officially begun. Researchers from nine countries are joining ...

The Northeast of the U.S. is world-famous for its spellbinding fall colors, with states such as Vermont, Maine and New ...