Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the ...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment has shown that sea ice in the Southern Ocean plays a significant ...

There could be ripple effects. Scientists raise red flag after discovering concerning trend with plants in Arctic: 'An early ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Aarhus University and the ...

Those levels are now 20 to 30 times higher in Arctic wildlife than they were before the industrial era began, even as global mercury pollution has fallen since the 1970s.

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

MOSCOW. July 4 (Interfax) - Last year was the warmest in Russia's Arctic zone, 1.24 degrees Celsius above the norm of the 1991-2020 base period, according to a "Review of the state and pollution of ...