China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a ...

The United States needs to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic. Melting sea ice is generating an emerging Arctic economy. Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas ...

The Arctic is not the most hospitable place on Earth. Some Arctic animals like reindeer have several genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators is no ...

In recent years, the Arctic has become a magnet for climate change anxiety, with scientists nervously monitoring the Greenland ice sheet for signs of melting and fretting over rampant ...

The show of force between the United States and Russia continued to heat up as they conducted power projections in the air and on land around the freezing Arctic region. The series of military ...

Since July, China has sent three icebreakers to the Arctic region. China increased its Arctic presence immediately after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter caught fire and had to cut short its Arctic mission.

A feed of northerly winds - a so-called Arctic blast - has brought below-average temperatures this week and a dusting of snow over the highest mountains in northern Scotland. But before you ...

Recognizing the Arctic's strategic importance, the U.S. military has focused on growing its cold-weather operational capabilities in the region over the last decade. The U.S. Marine Corps, through ...

Temperatures will climb back towards average as warm air pushes the Arctic front back going into the weekend (Met Office) Earlier in the week on Wednesday, wet, windy and cold weather will prevail ...

It is an odd place. Way above the Arctic Circle—a mere 814 miles from the North Pole—Longyearbyen, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, is home to only 2,400 people but more than 1.3 million seeds.

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