The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Canada joins Denmark to reject US attempts to annex Greenland. Ottawa defends Arctic sovereignty and Indigenous rights as tensions rise over security and minerals.

Overall, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the Earth as a whole.

Donald Trump reignites the Greenland row by appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy.

Donald Trump appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland with mission to make Arctic island part of United States.

Science is supposed to make the world feel more understandable, but sometimes it does the opposite. Ancient viruses frozen in Arctic permafrost for tens of thousands of years are now waking up, prions in the brain can trigger unstoppable fatal diseases, and hidden CO₂ pockets in lakes could erupt without…

From dancing Northern Lights and snowy adventures, there’s a reason why this spot is nicknamed the ‘Gateway to the Arctic’. Anna Ryan takes a trip to see for herself

The virus causes severe damage to respiratory, neurological and immune systems, and has triggered multiple mass mortality events

Warming and freshening of Arctic waters can weaken ocean circulation systems that influence weather patterns across Europe and North America

The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences than scientists expected just 20 years ago, when the first Arctic Report Card assessed the state of Earth’s far northern environment.

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say

The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes of extreme melting, which occurs when ice losses that previously took weeks or months occur over just a few days.