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

When Svalbard Airport, world’s northernmost destination for scheduled commercial flights, was built, no one expected the ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

Winter’s sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the Alaska Climate Research ...

Knight Jr. said. “We got a little rain but most of it went north of us,” Knight said Saturday. “Thank goodness on that. Gave us a little break.” Flash flooding is particularly worrisome in rural ...

Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere except the East Greenland Sea. Nearly all March monthly average extents since ...

"Because we had the two-stage rockets deploying over central Alaska and the four-stage rocket deploying off the north coast of Alaska, we essentially were conducting two independent tracer experiments ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old Tucker Challan of Soldotna was ...

North Pole, Alaska, is a festive town where Christmas celebrations last all year with streets named after Santa, candy cane lamp posts, and the Santa Claus House. Visitors can meet Santa any time ...