An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?

Nearly four kilometers below the surface of the Greenland Sea, scientists have discovered a thriving community of life that survives without any sunlight. Instead, these creatures rely on methane and ...

Beneath the Arctic permafrost, ancient organisms have lain dormant for approximately 40,000 years, preserved in a frozen state that halted their biological activity. Recent scientific observations ...

Arctic sea ice is frequently mentioned as if it shuts down life, but it actually does something far quieter. Microscopic ...

For decades researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages. Now, a new study published in Science Advances challenges this idea ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked out onto ...