A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

"The Gates" art installation returns to Central Park as an AR experience viewable through an app, accompanied by a ...

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Hurtigruten's 500-passenger MS Trollfjord cruise ship is seen in its namesake fjord, the Trollford in northern Norway. (Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Express) ...

Alaska National Parks are a must-see for any National Park fan! There is just something about Alaska and the wild beauty ...

Shutterstock The Most Isolated Towns in the Last Frontier You won’t find many places more remote than these small towns in ...

Given these disputes, the Transpolar Sea Route through the center of the Arctic Ocean, which lies fully in international waters, will become more attractive as polar ice continues to thaw.

A new study reports that 34 percent of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) is actually releasing more carbon than its storing, and that number climbs to 40 percent when considering wildfires. While this ...

Bill Gates says he's gotten a few things wrong during his decadeslong tech career. The Microsoft founder spoke to The New York Times about how some of his predictions for the tech industry didn't ...

Before this research, the existence of fresh submarine groundwater discharge in this area of the Arctic was thought to be very limited, Demir said. The study is also the first to isolate ...

An Arctic cold front swept through the Coastal Bend on Saturday. The Arctic air didn't start moving in until high pressure strengthened to the northwest intensifying the northerly wind overnight.

A blast of arctic air from Canada has brought the season's coldest weather to most of the United States. The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the ...