The U.S. Air Force’s 673rd Security Forces Squadron in Alaska is trialing a new five-day Arctic Combat Development Course to prepare troops for fighting in extreme cold. The program teaches arctic ...

The planned course covers a wide variety of topics, including medical treatment in Arctic field environments, support and ...

A new commentary published in Nature Communications by Dr James Bradley, Reader in Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London, and his team reveals a dramatic and concerning shift in the ...

How would soldiers from places like Florida, Texas and Georgia fight and persevere in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees ...

In 2026, the Arctic winter sea-ice extent (annual maximum extent) reached the lowest value since satellite observations began ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than at any time since continuous satellite ...

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...