Writer Neil Shea gives us a look at the transcendent beauty of life in the Arctic — and how climate change is threatening its survival.

Charles airs concerns about response to climate change in Arctic documentary - Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge airs ...

The Arctic “death spiral” refers to the rapid loss of sea ice caused by climate change. For walruses, this means losing the ice platforms they rely on to rest, raise their young, and hunt. Discover ...

High Arctic camels were giant versions of modern camels, and they evolved in a forest world unlike any we know today. Because they lived close to the North Pole, the sun would disappear for nearly ...

The Arctic Frontiers Hub will serve as a dedicated platform to showcase the latest interdisciplinary research on the Arctic region. Presubmissions will undergo a community relevance review by a ...

Beneath the Arctic permafrost, ancient organisms have lain dormant for approximately 40,000 years, preserved in a frozen state that halted their biological activity. Recent scientific observations ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual cyanobacteria, enrich the ocean with nitrogen, fueling algae growth that ...

Accelerated Arctic warming is reshaping the polar environment, but focusing only on the impacts of long-term annual temperature rise can miss key consequences of shorter-lived, but extreme, weather ...

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 areas ...

The hardy Arctic fox spends its winters hunting alone across the frigid landscape. But these little foxes mate for life, and when spring arrives, it’s time to go home and reunite with their mate. A ...