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The Melting Arctic Is Covering Itself in a Warm Layer of Clouds
The Arctic autumn is getting cloudier. That's bad news.
Mystery of Mercury Levels in Arctic Animals Gets Solved
Opinion In the Canadian Arctic, a mystery has troubled scientists and local communities for decades: Why do marine animals in the western Arctic have higher mercury levels than those in the east?
Arctic Circle Burns As Record Heat Broils Northern Europe
Record temperatures are helping to turn northern Europe into a tinderbox.
Huge Underwater Eruptions Blasted Craters into Arctic Seafloor
The Barents Sea near Svalbard is dotted with seafloor craters created about 11,600 years ago by methane hydrate eruptions.
Why Russia Gave up Alaska, America's Gateway to the Arctic
Opinion The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago is actually two tales and two intertwining histories.
New Icy Island Forms as Arctic Glacier Retreats
The rapid retreat of the Coronation Glacier in Canada's Arctic region is remaking the landscape.
Colorful Arctic Animals Revealed in Thousands of Undersea Images
New photographs of deep-sea creatures could hold the key to helping predict climate change.
