Giant Mine, near the subarctic city of Yellowknife, was once one of the biggest gold mines in the Northwest Territories, said ...

Imagine the earth slowly thawing, revealing secrets locked away for tens of thousands of years. In the wild, frozen stretches ...

Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually, as scientists once predicted. Geologically speaking, it’s thawing almost overnight. As soils like the ones at Duvanny Yar soften and slump ...

Thawing permafrost has released so much methane into Esieh Lake near Fairbanks, Alaska that the air above it is flammable. Credit: Katey Walter Anthony/ University of Alaska Fairbanks ...

And Giant Mine is not the only example of melting permafrost unleashing potentially poisonous chemicals. It is, according to environmentalists, a "warning" for those who "want to mine the riches ...

The world’s northernmost commercial airport, popular with tourists seeking snowy landscapes and Arctic adventures, has warned ...

Earth's surface temperature has been 1.5°C hotter than the pre-industrial average for 21 of the last 22 months.

Global methane emissions are rising at record speed, but cutting it could slow global warming faster than reducing carbon ...

An ongoing research project on the Yukon and Koyukuk rivers aims to give communities short-term information about erosion in ...

First, strengthening cyberinfrastructure and Earth observation capabilities is critical. The development of an integrated, ...

Climate change is melting glaciers and permafrost in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado, exposing rocks and freeing ...