The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world. The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian ...
Giant diesel spill in Russia offers glimpse of Arctic’s future
With temperatures rising at twice the global average rate in the Arctic Circle, the frozen ground is thawing and causing cracks in roads and buildings.
A NATO flotilla sails back into the Cold War
After months of Moscow's provocations, the U.S. and U.K. sent surface ships to the Barents Sea for the first time in 35 years.
Arctic 'doomsday vault' stocks up on more plant seeds as pace of climate change increases
An Arctic "doomsday vault" is set Tuesday to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. The seeds are to be deposited in the vault inside a mountain near Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen ...
Moscow meltdown: Russian capital has warmest January as experts point to global warming
Inured to interminable winters, Muscovites have been stunned this year by spring-like temperatures and virtually snow-free sidewalks after the Russian capital recorded its warmest January in history. It is the first time that Moscow's average temperature in January has hovered around zero degrees Celsius (32 ...
Permafrost in Canada, Alaska and Siberia is abruptly crumbling in ways that could release large stores of greenhouse gases more quickly than anticipated, researchers have warned. Scientists have long fretted that climate change — which has heated Arctic and subarctic regions at double the global ...
Russia accuses Norway of restricting its activities on Arctic islands
Russia on Tuesday accused Norway of restricting its activities on a remote chain of islands in the Arctic and said it wanted talks with Oslo to have the issue resolved. The archipelago of Svalbard, about 850 km (500 miles) north of mainland Norway, is seen ...
Winter yet to arrive as temperatures rise across Europe's far north
From the Norwegian fjords to Russian cities, record warm temperatures with less snow and rain have left the far north of Europe still waiting for the Arctic winter. Sunndalsora, a small town in western Norway, registered 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit) last Thursday, a ...
Russia unveils plan to 'use the advantages' of climate change
The Russian government has published a plan to adapt the economy and population to climate change, aiming to mitigate damage but also "use the advantages" of warmer temperatures. The document, published Saturday on the government website, outlines a plan of action and admits that changes ...
'The escalator is going up': Alaska to record its warmest year yet
Alaska is set to finish 2019 with a record average high temperature after a year of extremes ranging from a sweltering summer and rampant wildfires to vanishing sea ice and winter rains where heavy snows were once the norm. Wildlife also suffered from the state's ...
Anti-Putin activist 'forcibly drafted' and sent to Arctic base
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base, in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping. Ruslan Shaveddinov, a project manager at Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, went missing ...
Point of no return? Greenland ice loss occurring faster than expected
The melting of Greenland's massive ice sheet is happening much faster than expected and could put millions more people at risk by the end of the century, scientists warned Tuesday. Up to 3 km thick (2 miles) in some places, Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion ...
