Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...

The Arctic could increasingly become the site of animal-to-human disease transfer, a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment suggests. As the ice melts, scientists warn, more ...

Melting sea ice in the Arctic region is leading to extreme rainfall and flooding in South Asia. In a newly published paper, scientists predict that Arctic sea ice declines will put residents of South ...

The melting of Arctic ice has been one of the most profound ripple effects from climate change, an impact often depicted with images of a lone polar bear stranded on a dwindling piece of sea ice. Now, ...

NASA Langley researchers are heading to the Arctic Ocean to study the habitat's effect on climate worldwide. Scientists measured microplastic concentrations in the highly productive Barents Sea and ...

The debate around the Arctic is becoming hotter than ever as US President Donald Trump insists Greenland should become part ...

You have probably heard that the Arctic has less sea ice right now than humans have ever recorded. The new record, set yesterday, beat the previous low, which was measured in September 2007. "By ...

Polarstern is expected back from the Central Arctic expedition "IceArc" in Bremerhaven on 8 October 2012 after a good two months. 54 scientists and technicians from twelve different countries ...