A new exhibition at the British Library in London looks back on some 400 years of fascination with the fabled Northwest Passage and why people are drawn to explore the Arctic. The exhibition ...

Old maps led researchers to see slower Arctic melting. By Chelsea Harvey | 06/04/2021 06:49 AM EDT . Sea ice in the coastal Arctic may be thinning far faster than scientists believed.

Scientists have used old maps to create a history of sea ice coverage in the Arctic. They have found that recent sea ice loss is unprecedented. Skip to main content.

There’s everything from old sea charts to tourist guides from the 1950s, and users are adding more maps all the time. You can learn all kinds of things by clicking around on this site.

The Arctic permafrost is 1,000 years old. As it thaws, scientists worry what it might unleash In one troubling case, dozens of people were sickened − and thousands of reindeer were killed − ...

June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday. Researchers from Aarhus University and ...

Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Aarhus University and the ...