A fresh blast of Arctic air is poised to spill across a wide swath of the United States, and the latest polar vortex map ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

(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 ...

The Arctic was once defined by its lack of potential conflict — encapsulated in the saying “high north, low tension.” Countries that struggled to cooperate closer to the equator have, for decades, ...