LONDON: The Arctic, scientists warn, displays an intensified version of how climate change plays out elsewhere on the globe. Geopolitically, too, temperatures could heat up faster in the region ...

The Arctic is a land of riches – not just in its beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage, but in the kinds of commodities we value most: oil, gas, lithium, cobalt, gold and more. Yet those ...

Clowns are meant to make you smile, but sometimes, they stick in your head for all the wrong reasons. Horror films have turned painted smiles and circus costumes into nightmare fuel. Directors ...

I excitedly dragged my friends over to the corner to introduce them to my favorite person in the room: the kind clown lady who had painted a lovely glittered princess tiara on my forehead. To my ...

Hear from one of the convention's founders and a pair of local video game developers trying to make their mark in the gaming ...

The NSR is an increasingly valuable trade route, especially for China. For Russia, the traditional hegemon of the Arctic, that’s a problem. China initially engaged in scientific Arctic work ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Sulfur dioxide from the 2023 Sundhnukagigar volcanic eruption in Iceland traveled over 2,000 km to the Arctic, causing severe smog in Svalbard. Satellite and ...

I mostly suggested going to “Clown Torture” as a joke. It sounded outrageous, maybe even a bit ridiculous. The museum exhibition’s title was enough to conjure images of ominous, medieval iron maidens ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation ...

Newsweek reported on China's growing ambitions in the Arctic - and the stone lions from Shanghai - last July. The request also affects a gold-colored plaque with the name "Yellow River Station" in ...

The Trump administration plans to create a new designated region for offshore oil leasing in Arctic waters off Alaska, an area where past exploration attempts have failed amid extremely high costs ...