Thawing permafrost may release greenhouse gases much faster than previously expected, potentially accelerating climate change even further.

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 ...

For decades, the ocean has quietly done humanity a favor, absorbing roughly a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by ...

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

Svalbard reindeer live in a place so remote they have actually evolved to become a subspecies. But that remoteness isn’t enough to protect them from contaminants from the industrial world.

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

Thawing permafrost has released so much methane into Esieh Lake near Fairbanks, Alaska that the air above it is flammable.

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

Jem Bendell predicted that society would collapse because of climate change. Then he tried to get on with his life.