The Arctic sea ice maximum this year effectively tied for the lowest ever on record, with major implications for polar ...

What started as simple icebreaking ships eventually turned into nuclear-powered Arctic machines built to handle ice that ...

The shell of ice that expands atop the Arctic Ocean every winter has done all the growing it will do this season—and that ...

After a deadly plane crash claimed 141 lives, a remote Arctic city was slowly abandoned and left behind without clear answers. Deep in the frozen north, buildings still stand filled with belongings, ...

While summer draws Iceland’s highest visitor numbers, the earlier months can be even more rewarding, with equally ...

Jason Briner, Hao Zeng, Jo Freudenheim, Keith Kirkwood and Jun Zhuang are now members of the prestigious scientific society.

Young Robert Anson Heinlein was a Navy man, graduating from Annapolis and becoming a naval officer. But that’s not what made him famous, as he went on to be called a “dean of science fiction writers” ...

Follow live updates as dangerous severe storms capable of producing tornadoes, huge hail, and 70 mph winds target nearly 50 ...

Arctic sea ice levels are crucial to Earth's climate because, without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans.

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice and study the study the flora and fauna below. The Finnish Scientific ...