This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start ...

Arctic sea ice plays a crucial role in the Earth’s energy balance. It is covered for most of the year by snow, which is the brightest natural surface on the planet, reflecting about 80% of the solar ...

Satellite records show a 13 percent decrease in sea ice per decade since the 1980s. Ansgar Walk via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 With winter just around the corner, the Laptev Sea in the ...

Sovcomflot’s LNG-fuelled Aframax crude oil tanker Korolev Prospect has started a transit through the Northern Sea Route (NSR).Korolev Prospect will become the first such large-capacity crude oil ...