When Beijing sends research vessels into the Arctic, “it’s always double-dipping” for broader Chinese economic and military interests than just science, two experts on the changing security ...

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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OTTAWA, Ontario — Citing growing interest by China and Russia in the Arctic as global warming makes the region more accessible, Canada on Friday said it would focus on building stronger ...

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

Icy conditions, freezing fog and widespread frost are expected, with snow due to hit some parts of the country early ... to plummet to a chilly 1C (33F) as Arctic air moves in.

with nearly 3 million in parts of New York state, Pennsylvania and Ohio under warnings for lake effect snow showers, triggered by a clash of the south-moving arctic blast and comparatively warm ...

LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Heavy snowfall and numbing temperatures kept parts of the U.S. in a deep freeze Sunday as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend draws to a close. Despite the Arctic-type weather ...

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 ...

An Arctic blast gripped the northern Plains ... and upper Midwest are expected to plunge below zero Saturday morning. Parts of North Dakota could experience wind chills as low as minus 30 to ...

While the retreat of the polar icecap is steadily opening the region for commercial traffic and mineral exploration, the ICE Pact is largely driven by concerns over the Arctic capabilities of an ...