The Arctic just experienced its hottest year since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. Rising temperatures in the ...

The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years. The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping. The North ...

A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming beside a melting iceberg in Naujaat, Nunavut. The Arctic is a dramatically different place than it was 20 years ago, when scientists first began giving it an ...

The Arctic is a dramatically different place than it was 20 years ago, when scientists first began giving it an annual checkup—and its current state is dire. The first Arctic Report Card was released ...

Springtime -- when Arctic sea ice reaches its annual maximum -- saw the smallest peak in the 47-year satellite record in March 2025 - Copyright AFP/File Olivier MORIN ...

Advancing ice has prevented an LNG carrier from loading a cargo at Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 plant, Bloomberg reported today, citing ship-tracking data. The Buran, an Arc4 ice-class vessel that can move ...

Global competition in the Arctic is raising hopes of a revival in the town of Churchill. We went to meet the people, and the bears, there. By Norimitsu Onishi We were standing before the gate to a ...

Ilulissat, Greenland—known as the Iceberg Capital of the World—is now easier than ever to visit thanks to new air routes via Nuuk. Visitors can kayak among icebergs, hike along the UNESCO-listed ...

Viktor Hovland spends most of his year shuttling between airports, courtesy cars and practice tees, the regimented life of a modern Tour pro. Which is why it stood out when, a couple of summers back, ...

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region. The tiny town ...

Soldiers walk through a camp, as members of the Finnish arctic expert Jaeger Brigade train British, Swiss and French troops in cold-weather logistics on Nov. 19, 2024, near Heinujarvi, Finland. (Leon ...