The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.

Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuits

Discover the world's most fascinating ecosystems, from the Amazon Rainforest to the Arctic Tundra.

While the Indian government seems keen to benefit from seabed mining and resource exploitation in the Arctic, it ought to unequivocally back a sustainable mode of extraction

An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem

War in Ukraine is preventing scientists from accurately measuring Arctic climate change, impacting global understanding of environmental changes.

Canada faces challenges as mild winter disrupts crucial ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines, impacting transportation and highlighting climate change c...

Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny's parents and other mourners laid flowers at his grave Tuesday to mark 40 days since his death in an Arctic prison, an important Orthodox Christian rite.

Longtime Russian leader faces no meaningful opposition after death in Arctic penal colony of Alexei Navalny

Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy.