Microplastics: we’ve found startling quantities in the ice algae that are...
Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The...
Analysis: Fears mount for the Arctic as cooperation with Russia stalls
By Humeyra Pamuk, Gloria Dickie and Gwladys Fouche
WASHINGTON/LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold...
A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero...
WASHINGTON — In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile...
Climate change thaws world’s northernmost research station
NY-ÅLESUND, Norway — At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing —...
Analyzing the fat of killer whales reveals what they eat
Scientists are studying the diets of the oceans’ top predators as they change in response to their environments. This is because how much and...
Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax — the genetics...
WASHINGTON — The largest-ever genetic assessment of the woolly mammoth has yielded new insight into this elephant cousin — an icon of the Ice...
The oldest ichthyosaur fossils have been found in Norway’s Arctic
WASHINGTON — Ichthyosaurs were a successful group of marine reptiles that prospered during the age of dinosaurs, some reaching up to around 70 feet...
A new look at old fossils show primate relatives once lived...
Fossils collected from Ellesmere Island 50 years ago are now providing the first evidence that relatives of primates once lived in the High Arctic.
In...
Pandoravirus: The melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs – how worried...
Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of thousands of years.
The youngest...
The Arctic is getting hotter and rainier, the latest report card...
Seasons in the Arctic are shifting, and the region is getting hotter and rainier, according to an annual report card by the National Oceanic...
