The difficulties of the Svalbard seed repository illustrate why we need to prevent climate disaster rather than plan for it ...

High temperatures broke records in many parts of Norway this summer, and September is also off to an unusually warm start.

Continuously hotter summers and less sea ice are remaking the Arctic. Some researchers wonder what opportunities might appear ...

The 80-plus guests were lying on the black sand beach, intermittently groaning, or taking a restorative dip in the water. We were on day four of our two- week Abercrombie & Kent Arctic Cruise ...

The highly commended shots provide a preview of the 60th annual competition, which spotlights astounding animal behaviors and ...

The Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards 2024 has once again brought together the most breathtaking images from our oceans.

In Svalbard, the glaciers, notably the accessible Longyearbreen near Longyearbyen and the remote Tempelfjorden, provide ...

The September heat wave follows Europe’s hottest summer on record and the hottest summer for the planet. Norway and Sweden ...

Vanishing glaciers. Newly ice-free stretches in the Arctic. Record droughts punctuated by record deluges. A hurricane, supercharged by hot Pacific water, that lasted six weeks. And ...

If calamity strikes our planet, a team at the Smithsonian argues that the only way to protect the DNA of at-risk creatures is ...

Norway deep sea mining plans in the Arctic will cause irreversible harm to biodiversity, a new Greenpeace International report ...

China’s Polar Research Institute agrees to prepare joint Arctic scientific projects with Russian partners. This became clear ...