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Siberia wildfire

Environment

The pyrocene has begun: How to tackle a world of raging wildfires

Thousands of hectares of Arctic forest is on fire and the effects on human health and the climate could be terrible. Why did this happen and how can we respond?

Insight

A satellite image of the southern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau

Environment

Huge Arctic fires have now emitted a record-breaking amount of CO2

Regulars

A wildfire

Environment

Unprecedented Arctic megafires are releasing a huge amount of CO2

News

Arctic fox being fitted with collar

Life

An Arctic fox made an epic 4400-kilometre-long journey over sea ice

News

Huskies pulling sled

Environment

Extreme temperatures melt sea ice in Greenland

News

crew on the Franklin expedition

Life

Chernobyl and The Terror docu-dramas expose horror's many faces

Culture

Pyramid teabags

Environment

How teabags became a secret weapon in the fight against climate change

Features

Arctic cartoon

Environment

Is there anything we can do to stop Greenland from turning green?

Comment

Two polar bears on the ice

Environment

Snowflakes are making the Arctic warm faster by acting like a blanket

News

Greenland

Environment

Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north

A photo project is charting changes in the Arctic, such as ice sheet melt, the lives of nomadic people hit by rising temperatures and growing military interest in the region

Regulars

Environment

This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

Features

Video

Isla Myers-Smith: Climate change and the greening of the Arctic

Video

Earth

North Pole and Polar Worlds review – why Inuit don't worry about north

Culture

Environment

Cargo ships through the Arctic may cool the region with pollution

News