Map of Arctic-boreal zone study area depicting boreal forests, tundra, and permafrost region. Credit: Greg Fiske / Woodwell Climate Research Center After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the ...

As NATO and Russia continue to expand their influence in the Arctic, the locations of major military bases show the extent to which different countries are building their power in the region. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As temperatures rise, the timing of the ice thaw changes. Vincent Denarie via Arctic Report Card The Arctic is transforming faster ...

The Arctic permafrost thaw is hazardous to the livelihood, safety, health, food security, and the infrastructure of communities living in Arctic regions, an international group of scientists have ...

Caribou move along barren ground in northern Canada. The Bathurst caribou population has declined from 400,000 to less than 4,000 over the last 30 years, according to new surveys by the government of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The snow season is dramatically shorter today, sea ice is thinning and melting earlier ...