Scientists have discovered that substances made by Arctic Ocean microbes called actinobacteria can stop harmful bacteria from growing and prevent them from causing disease. Around 70% of existing ...

The Nanisivik Naval Facility still languishes unfinished more than a decade past its completion date, amid a flurry of Arctic ...

YEKATERINBURG, November 21. /TASS/. Russian researchers have discovered that some bacteria from ancient Arctic permafrost can survive even up to 20 million years in an inactive state under ...

TASS/. Scientists at the Siberian Federal University proved bioplastics may be used in sub-Arctic latitudes without harming the environment, as soil bacteria can decompose bioplastics membranes.

The Arctic permafrost thaw is hazardous to the livelihood, safety, health, food security, and the infrastructure of communities living in Arctic regions, an international group of scientists have ...

The Arctic winter is cold and dark everywhere ... Yet in these inhospitable conditions, some marine bacteria have found a surprising way to eke out an existence. Heterotrophic bacteria, which normally ...

These bacteria use sulfate rather than oxygen for ... are distributed worldwide and occur in all marine areas between the Arctic and Antarctic—particularly in low-oxygen or oxygen-free ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In a study ...