The last ice area is a poorly understood, but vitally important, area of the Arctic ocean. A recent research expedition aimed to shed further light upon this frozen land. The Canadian Coast Guard ...

The higher latitudes of the Arctic play a key role in the global climate and are home to many unique ecosystems linked to sea ice. Our destination was the evocatively named “last ice area,” a region ...

As the Arctic warms, dust from snow- and ice-free areas increases. It promotes the formation of ice crystals in clouds, making clouds thinner. Credit: Reiko Matsushita The Arctic is heating up at an ...

An international team of scientists embarked on a 56-day Arctic expedition to study the 'last ice area,' exploring its critical ecosystems, sea ice properties, and climate change impacts. The region ...

The higher latitudes of the Arctic play a key role in the global climate and are home to many unique ecosystems linked to sea ice. Our destination was the evocatively named “last ice area”, a region ...

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 ...

Mystery explosions have rocked the Russian Arctic, a few miles from a naval base of Vladimir Putin’s northern fleet. Footage shows the detonation – one of two – close to the Severomorsk-1 ...

And as resource extraction rises, more workers move between weeks-long shifts in the Arctic to urban areas in more southerly regions, often using air transport. All of the possible routes for ...

The Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the global average. A recent study by researchers in Japan found that dust from snow- and ice-free areas of the Arctic may be an important ...

This summer was the wettest on record for the Arctic overall, as rain is becoming more common than snow in some areas. Region by region, though, rainfall and the snow season are knocking down both ...