The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Animals cover astonishing distances when they are looking for food. While caribou, reindeer and wolves clock up impressive mileage on land, seabirds are unrivalled in their travelling distances. Arctic terns travel from the Arctic to Antarctica and back as part of their annual migration. Wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) fly the…

A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.

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Sensitive electronic instruments will be used to study the incoming radio signals in the frequency range 5 – 500 megahertz (MHz) at the accessible sites in the vicinity of Himadri.

The deep freeze has significantly affected scientific research in a region warming around four times faster than the planet as a whole.

Glaciologist Andrew Hodson used to collaborate with his Russian colleagues in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, but snowmobile excursions to see them have come to a halt since the war in Ukraine.

Study reveals how seals' convoluted nasal passages help retain heat and moisture, inspiring more efficient heating and ventilation systems.

The Arctic saw its warmest ever summer in 2023, the result of accelerating human-caused climate change that is pushing ecosystems and the people that depend on them into uncharted territory, according to an official report Tuesday.

This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, leading to early snowmelt and diminished sea ice.

The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact.