Arctic

P.V. Sindhu will face fifth seed and world No 11 Wang Zhi Yi of China later on Saturday, Oct. 14, in her bid to win the first BWF title of the season. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI…

In Vantaa on Tuesday, the Indian badminton player was on the back foot at the start and trailed 4-0 after initial exchanges. File | Photo Credit: PTI India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu…

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane -- a greenhouse gas -- into the atmosphere. Beavers, as everyone knows, like to make dams.…

New research by an international team of scientists explains what's behind a stalled trend in Arctic Ocean sea ice loss since 2007. The findings indicate that stronger declines in sea ice…

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has set off on a three-month science mission in the Arctic. As part of this…

The island of Svalbard, about halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, is warming twice as fast as the rest of the Arctic, which itself is warming up to four and a half times…

This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the Fram Strait off Greenland’s west coast, Véronique Merten encountered the foot soldiers…

If you've ever wondered if you could find a missing friend by following a trail of 8-bit fish, you are in luck! Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure, the 2019 NES game (now also on Steam and…

If the world keeps increasing greenhouse gas emissions at its current speed, all sea ice in the Arctic will disappear in the 2030s, an event that could at best be postponed until the 2050s…

The smaller a particle is, the more organisms it can get into. Plastics can break down so small that they enter individual cells of either the algae or the zooplankton that feed on them. The…