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Ancient DNA suggests woolly mammoths roamed the Earth more recently than previously thought

In 2010, small cores of permafrost sediments were collected by a team at the…

Mercury released by permafrost thaw puts Yukon River fish at risk, a new study finds

ANCHORAGE — If carbon emissions continue at current rates, so much mercury will leach…

A Soviet submarine that sank in the Arctic waters off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation

OSLO — A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still…

Traveling exhibit offers clues to how the Franklin Expedition was lost

For more than a century and a half, mystery has shrouded the Franklin Expedition,…

As the Arctic warms, reindeer herders face encroachment from new industries

FINNMARK PLATEAU, Norway/OSLO — When he’s not out on the Arctic tundra with his…