Once China begins operating in a stretch of sea, reclaiming it often proves an uphill battle – just ask the Philippines or ...

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia and China, that is precisely what looks to be happening.

Russia is rapidly militarizing the Arctic, forging closer ties with China, and exploiting NATO weaknesses. The Arctic could ...

The Critical Research That Unlocks Our Climate’s Past and Future May Be on Thin Ice “There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.” Henry Carnell Fellow Bio Vito Ansaldi ...

Melting sea ice in the Arctic is opening up lanes in the ocean for the global trade route -- lanes that were previously blocked. In the near future, the melting will have a big impacts on major ...

Most of us have only seen photos of icebergs and may have only a vague idea of where they come from. Here's a primer on one ...

In the remote, icy expanse of the Arctic, the survival of a species begins with a remarkable act of resilience and devotion.

Arctic Passages: Ice, Exploration and the Battle for Power at the Top of the World. By Kieran Mulvaney. Island Press; 240 pages; $30 and £24 Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in ...