Arctic sea ice is shrinking as humans continue to heat up the world by burning fossil fuels. Since the mid-1980s, the amount of thick, multi-year ice has shrunk by 95% . The ice that remains is ...

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The last nine years have been the warmest ever recorded in the Arctic Circle, and this year saw a number of new milestones in the region: It was the rainiest summer on record, and plant life ...

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OTTAWA — Canada has unveiled an Arctic foreign policy that commits to increasing domestic and international collaboration to combat emerging foreign threats in the North.

“Complete whiteouts are possible with winds gusting to 50 mph or even higher. Lake-effect snow bands can also be narrow, sometimes only three to five miles wide, where the intense snow is focused.

Even in towns and cities, overnight temperatures are set to plummet to a chilly 1C (33F) as Arctic air moves in. 'We can expect a widespread frost with a few icy patches on Tuesday morning,' said ...

And to make matters worse, rounds of arctic air will continue to invade the country and send temperatures tumbling below freezing in cities as far as the Southeast. The FOX Forecast Center said ...

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change.

An Arctic blast brought snow, frost and dangerously cold winds to the northern Plains, the Midwest and the Great Lakes, creating “very difficult to impossible” travel conditions on one of the ...

Despite the Arctic-type weather, however, snowmobilers and skiers are reveling in their respective wintry terrains, and weather forecasters gave possible good news ahead of the NFL game in Buffalo.

An amphibious warfare center has been set up in Norway in the latest move by a NATO member to beef up its operations on Russia's Arctic doorstep. The hub in Sørreisa in the north of the country ...