Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...

Stepping down as agriculture secretary, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is stepping up as the first CEO of the World Food Prize ...

Scientists and industry representatives from across Europe gathered in Bergen, Norway, to launch the EU-funded XTREAM project. The four-year initiative will explore the potential of extremophilic ...

Scientists warn that the Arctic is warming far more quickly than the rest of the world and that this rapid change ...

Polar bears are not just the largest bear species on earth they also hold the distinction of being the only species of bear that has been documented ...

Melting Arctic permafrost is creating ongoing challenges for communities across the North, and a new study is shedding light on how those threats are perceived from region to region. "Permafrost thaw ...

The EU's electricity transition has moved faster than anyone could have hoped for, as the sunlight-soaking renewable ...

XTREAM aims to develop sustainable bioprocesses for fields like pharma and agriculture building on discoveries from extreme environments. o Areas ...

Water is a basic necessity, something most of us never see as a luxury. We simply turn on the tap or grab a bottle to quench ...