Scientists around the world have been scrambling to fill in gaps and make space on their servers for American data sets, ...

The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, with average temperatures increasing by about 4°C in the last four ...

American history is a tale of mastering our physical environment or being mastered by it. We carved a canal through Panama to ...

The push to reduce black carbon, which studies have shown has a warming impact 1,600 times that of carbon dioxide over a ...

Decades of advances in satellite observation made it seem as though Arctic snow cover was growing, when in reality satellites ...

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem and how it operates. One recent turning ...

Calgary researchers discovered in the Northwest Territories what they believe is some of the most acidic natural water in the ...

VARDØ – VARDØIn one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway's unique coastal ecosystem.

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

There's a confounding dilemma for many folks trying to make sense of winter weather in the context of climate change.

As temperatures rise, reindeer face a growing struggle to reach the lichen they depend on. More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea ...