Consequences for the climate The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the surrounding Arctic ecosystem also play an outsized ...

Here, the sun disappears for approximately 65 straight days during the polar night, plunging the town into total darkness. Then, in a dramatic reversal, it does not set for more than two months in ...

Even by Alaska standards, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is extraordinary.

MBARI researchers, working alongside a team of international collaborators, have discovered large underwater ice formations at the edge of the Canadian Beaufort Sea, located in a remote region of ...

In fact, it was very warm," said Rick Thoman, an arctic climate specialist at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and lead editor of this year's Arctic Report Card.

The new Department of Defense Arctic strategy places a sharp focus on Russia, China and the increasing cooperation of those two nations in Arctic activities.

This article was originally featured on High Country News. Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy, and, in some cases, they may ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 22, 2024, Section SR, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: My 500-Mile Journey Across Alaska’s Thawing Arctic.

As you might expect by its name and decor, the newly opened Arctic Wolf Ale House in West Dundee has ties to Alaska.

Climate change is transforming the Arctic, and putting indigenous communities in Alaska at risk.

Let Alaska lead: America’s energy, security and Arctic future depend on it by Kati Capozzi, opinion contributor - 05/22/25 1:30 PM ET ...

A wide variety of Arctic animals including polar bears are being exposed to a tick-borne pathogen normally associated with rabbits and hares, a newly published study said.