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Climate change is already disrupting lives in the Arctic, and the warmest summer on record will certainly have an enormous impact on the people and wildlife of the region

The early heat melted snow and warmed rivers, heating up the land and downstream ocean areas. The effects harmed salmon fisheries, melted sea ice and fueled ...

Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific review.

Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth's atmosphere. Joshua Yaffa writes about what happens when it starts to melt.

Manganese nodules along the abyssal plain contain many of the metals needed to make batteries—but what if they are batteries themselves as scientists propose?

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Pictures of melting glaciers and stranded polar bears on shrinking sea ice in the Arctic are perhaps the most striking images that have been used to highlights the effects of global warming. However, they do not convey the full extent of the consequences of warmer Arctic. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the Arctic's role in driving extreme weather events in other parts of the world.

The warm Arctic-cold Eurasia (WACE) climate pattern is the main feature of winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 20 years. Extreme cold events related to this pattern have occurred frequently there.

Ivan Pechorin, described as a Putin ally, may have been drunk when he fell into Sea of Japan

Arctic Ice Melt Doubles Risk of Frigid Eurasian Winters, Study Finds

Mysterious craters that first appeared in the Siberian permafrost a decade ago were caused by climate change-driven pressure changes that explosively released methane frozen underground, a new study reports. The research offers a fresh take on the origins of the craters first sighted on Russia's Yamal Peninsula in 2014.

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An Italian news agency claimed NATO had warned of an imminent test. Here's why that's unlikely.

Lethal radioactive Strontium-90 source used to power lighthouse likely washed out in the sea north of the Taimyr Peninsula.

A Chinese container ship owned by a Russian company fled the scene after its anchor damaged a Finnish gas pipeline.

In recent decades, the Arctic region has been experiencing noticeable warming and substantial sea ice loss. While research has shed light on the influence of the Arctic on mid-latitude weather and climate during winter, its impact on summertime conditions has received less attention and remains less understood. In this context, a research team from Nanjing University set out to investigate the relationship between…

A Russian Navy submarine that carries bus-sized nuclear torpedoes was spotted in the Arctic after sparking headlines earlier this week over fears of a nuclear weapons test, according to new photos published on Wednesday. Project 09852 Belgorod was spotted on the surface operating in the Barents Sea, on Sept. 22 and Sept. 27, near the …

The week ahead will not be an easy sleep for security observers. Numerous military watchouts in Russia's northwestern regions.

As climate change rapidly warms the Arctic, Putin's Russia places a big bet on the future of fossil fuels.

The world's transition away from fossil energy has become a matter of national and global security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to energy