The Arctic has long filled humans with awe, but there are now profoundly worrying signals coming from the frozen landscape at the top of our planet, and scientists are deeply concerned about its ...

Rarely in the news, the Arctic has returned to the spotlight following the return of Donald Trump as US president. But who owns this polar region, and why is it so important to Arctic nations?

President Trump has threatened economic coercion to make Canada the 51st state and his constant talk of annexation has ...

The most obvious issue is scale. The sheer size of the Arctic means there is doubt over whether the technology could be rolled out effectively and widely enough to make a significant difference.

Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually ... It covers an area more than twice the size of the United States, inhabited by half as many people as New York City, in some of the world’s ...