Without sea ice, our beaches are eroding.

A new study has warned of the risk to buildings in urban areas across Russia's permafrost zone caused by climate change. The Russian-US analysis says a worst-case scenario could lead to a 75-95% 'reduction in bearing capacity throughout the permafrost region by 2050'.

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Earthquakes have rattled through Port Heiden more often than usual this year. Michael West is the State Seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center. He took a look to compare this year’s quake numbers with other years. Listen Now

Himalaya blackberry is an introduced, perennial, spreading shrub.

Decades have passed and ponds are drying up.

Unusually rainy year for Lower Kalskag this year.

Long-term consequences.

Some unusually high waves hit Grise Fiord, Nunavut, early Saturday morning, damaging the community's shoreline, part of a road and the community freezer.

River erosion along the Yukon River near..?

Downriver from Arctic Village

State and North Slope Borough officials say Point Lay’s drinking water lake was wiped out by the nearby Kokolik River, which flooded and eroded the lake banks.

A critical artery is threatened by thawing permafrost.

Six inches of rain fell in a three hour period.

Early hay crop harvest

Possibly an effect of thawing permafrost.

Dump and hill fire

Bluff/cliff side erosion along the Ningikfak River.