Arctic

The hot dinosaur has captured the public imagination. Our favorite prehistoric giants are often depicted roaming arid savannahs or chewing on tropical leaves.But some dinosaurs had cooler lifestyles. Deposits of baby dinosaur bones and…

WASHINGTON - President Biden may be forced to conduct a new oil drilling lease sale in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, despite his vow to reduce fossil fuel pollution and action this week to suspend Arctic drilling leases that…

Conservative groups claim that Mr Biden's suspension of the leases may be illegal. "The government cannot sign a $ 14 million contract and then void the contract without giving a reason," said Devin Watkins, an attorney for the Competitive…

Arrayed across a plateau on an island in the high Norwegian Arctic, the 100 geodesic domes of the Svalbard Satellite Station look like abstract mushrooms sprouting from the snowy landscape.From outside, there seems to be little going on.…

The 100 geodesic domes of the Svalbard Satellite Station are located on a plateau on an island in the high Norwegian Arctic and look like abstract mushrooms sprouting from the snowy landscape.From the outside there seems to be little going…

On July 9, 1845, two months after leaving Greenhithe, England, Warrant Officer John Gregory wrote a letter to his wife from Greenland describing his first sighting of whales and icebergs.Gregory, who had never been at sea before, was on…

A local group from Alaska failed to meet a critical deadline in their proposal to conduct a seismic survey at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Department of the Interior said. The failure effectively ends the survey that would have…

After a three-year push by the Trump administration to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling - an effort that culminated in a rush to sell leases before the White House changes hands - the only taker at the end of…

More than 50,000 years ago, a cave in sandy soil collapsed on top of a wolf pup, killing it, protecting it from air and moisture, causing the pup's body to mummify in the cold.It remained buried in permafrost until four years ago when the…

Assessing the potential impact on polar bears had been a stumbling block in approving a seismic survey in the refuge. An earlier proposal from 2018 was ultimately put on hold as an environmental review and work was done to determine the…