"The resulting datasets are producing an improved understanding." Scientists issue warning after discovering massive chemical ...

The Arctic is heating faster than any other region on Earth, and scientists now say a newly identified chain reaction in the ...

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslong trip to study a key glacier in Antarctica.

In the global race to control the Arctic, the challenge isn't just geopolitical – it's technological. As governments plan for the possibility of conflict in the ...

The coldest temperatures this week will occur just before dawn Wednesday morning, followed by a big warming of temperatures ...

National-security officials say Chinese submarines and icebreakers pose a new military threat from the High North.

Congressional critics have called for action to close an Arctic region “icebreaker gap” with Russia and China.

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling ...

Most summers, the polar jet stream retreats northward into Canada and weakens considerably, leaving the continental U.S. with ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

Dartmouth oceanographer Yoshihiro Nakayama created a high-resolution model to study the melting of two glaciers in western ...