The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in the region: It was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem and how it operates. One recent ...

The world’s northernmost public transport service has also been operating electric buses for a year now. Tide Buss operates nine Volvo 7900 Electric buses in Hammerfest, Norway (70 degrees north in ...

The Kremlin is investing heavily into the production of new security infrastructure in the Arctic Circle and conducting large-scale exercises to reestablish its defensive posture. Hundreds of ...

Meanwhile, 2024 ranked as the second-highest year for wildfire emissions within the Arctic Circle. Asked whether the Arctic's shift from carbon sink to source might be permanent, Rogers said it ...

Most will journey from the town of 55,000 in the Arctic Circle, where there’s almost 24-hour daylight in the summer and only a few hours of soft daylight amid the dark this time of year.

this year marked the second-warmest average annual permafrost temperatures on record for Alaska and it was the second-highest year for wildfire emissions north of the Arctic Circle, the scientists ...

From Alaska to Siberia, the Arctic is changing so rapidly that there is no "normal" there now, scientists warn. The consequences reach across the globe. The Arctic tundra now releases more carbon ...

Meanwhile, 2024 ranked as the second-highest year for wildfire emissions within the Arctic Circle. Asked whether the Arctic's shift from carbon sink to source might be permanent, Rogers said it ...

The sun rises at around 9:30 am this time of year above the Arctic Circle and sets less than six hours later, before 3:00 pm. Measuring more than 1,000 square kilometers, it is Europe's largest ...

Indigenous groups across the Arctic Circle, such as the Sámi in Norway are at risk of cultural erosion. Image: Shutterstock Arctic thaw also involves indigenous communities that have lived in the ...