Arctic Region News

When Iceland's three major banks collapsed in 2008 few could have imagined how quickly the country would get back on its feet or that the recovery would be led, in large part, by the creative design industries.

Icebergs drift by the mountains in Scoresbysund, Greenland. Inflows of cold, fresh water from Greenland would slow deep currents that carry cold water south, cooling the North Atlantic.

The festival ReykjavA k Music Mess kicks off at KEX Hostel in the center of the capital with an opening party on May 23 at 8 pm.

The 27th ReykjavA k Arts Festival kicks off tomorrow with a ten-minute newly commissioned sound piece by the Vessel Orchestra at 5:45 pm at ReykjavA k harbor.

The Arctic Council states signed a legally-binding Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic in Kiruna, Sweden, yesterday.

Mountaineer Leifur A-rn Svavarsson is planning to become the first Icelander to climb Everest from the North Face via Tibet.

Iceland is awash in guns, yet it has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world.

Arctic archipelago seeks person to stand guard while researchers carry out fieldwork.

Kerry, shown before boarding his plane in Stockholm, held one of the first climate change hearings in the US Senate in the 1980s Three and half a months into his tenure as US secretary of state, John Kerry is grappling with war in Syria, tensions on the Korean peninsula and other crises.

The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.

As winter gives in to spring thaw and life draws to a close for some, the season births new life eager to discover the wonders of this world.

With my 30th birthday fast approaching a few months ago, I dealt with reaching the mildly horrifying milestone like any rational person - by fleeing home.

Results from Parliamentary elections in Iceland last week reflect public concern over the nation's application to join the European Union .

Iceland's Customs authorities have seized a package containing a pair of jeans with a hidden bag of amphetamines sewn to the inside.

Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in global temperatures : Michael Lemonick at Climate Central writes on new research finding it's unlikely that the recent surge of ice flowing into the sea from Greenland's glaciers is ... (more)

Image Caption: Natural-color satellite image of the ice island that calved off the glacier on August 5, 2010.

Greenland's galloping glaciers will likely slow their rapid retreat in the coming century, scientists project based on a new computer modeling study.

Spring's not all about pretty flowers and greening trees. For some scientists it means watching Arctic ice.

In front of the dominating church of Hallgrmur, in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, stands the statue of Leif Ericson.

Three members of Iceland's Pirate Party, Jon Thor Olafsson, Birgitta Jonsdottir and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, in front of the Althingi parliament building.