Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

A $23 million floating laboratory, the Tara Polar Station, is preparing to set sail across the Arctic ice, aiming to unlock ...

Thunderstorms are rare in the cold, dry Arctic, but a surprising event in August 2019 has scientists rethinking how these ...

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and ... spikes in temperature. Like ocean waves, Rossby waves can "break ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh concerns about ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...