“The Arctic is the most dangerous place on Earth,” warns Lars Saunes, former chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy, and now at ...

By Sean Mowbray International shipping is on the rise in the Arctic region now that climate change regularly opens up ...

"We need to regulate." Scientists issue warning after making grim Arctic discovery: 'It ends up in a never-ending cycle' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Climate change is having a profound impact on the Arctic. We know that the region is warming significantly faster than the ...

A coalition of nations and environmental groups is lobbying the International Maritime Organization to create regulations around black carbon, or soot, that spews from ships and blankets parts of ...

New research finds that Arctic peatlands are expanding as the far north undergoes rapid changes. It's an ominous sign.

Last September, I traveled to this far north outpost as part of a research team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Scientists are investigating how rising temperatures at the North Pole may be disrupting the polar vortex, allowing arctic ...

New research reveals that melting Arctic sea ice is pushing India’s monsoon rainfall westward, highlighting a powerful ...

New research shows melting Arctic sea ice could be reshaping India’s monsoon, shifting heavier August and September rains ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it’s set off a boom of ships taking routes that previously were frozen and not traversable.