A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts ...

Thawing permafrost emissions could accelerate climate change as Arctic soils become 25x to 100x more permeable, releasing ...

Svalbard’s cultural heritage and infrastructure face increasing risks as climate change accelerates permafrost thaw and ground instability. The PermaRICH project unites experts across disciplines to ...

Svalbard reindeer live in a place so remote they have actually evolved to become a subspecies. But that remoteness isn't ...

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are ...

Researchers have long known that heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants such as DDT concentrate in the Arctic, in top predator animals like ...

As winter comes to the Canadian Arctic, muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) abandon the valleys and head to higher ground, where ...

Svalbard reindeer live in a place so remote they have actually evolved to become a subspecies. But that remoteness isn’t ...

The data will favor safe operation of existing facilities, as well as efficient design and construction of new facilities in the Arctic ...

Gazprom Neft set up the Center for Field Development and Operation in the Permafrost Zone in 2024 with the aim of developing and implementing effective technologies and approaches to extracting ...

David Charlton gave a talk about his recent trip to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to members of the Church Wilne Rotary Club, ...

The Batagaika Crater in Siberia, a massive thermokarst formation, is expanding due to thawing permafrost, revealing ancient ...