Reflecting on the nature of the seasons, HIH Princess Takamado explores the theme of birds in snow with her photos.

unveiled a monumental work this week at the Kunsthaus Zurich that warns of the impact of climate change. Glacier Dreams uses monitoring data culled from glaciers in Iceland, and other subarctic ...

Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido boasts pristine wilderness, home to endangered Steller's sea eagle, brown ...

Animals that once inhabited specific climate zones now find themselves moving to areas previously unsuited to their needs. Take the polar bear, for instance – native to the freezing Arctic, some are ...

The northern Swedish city of Umeå is regarded as a paragon of equality. Nowhere else are public spaces more geared toward ...

The North Pacific Transition Zone (NPTZ) is known as a global marine hotspot for ... Spanning the North Pacific, the NPTZ is the key oceanographic boundary between the subarctic and subtropical gyres.

The typical zones are from western Europe to India and from south ... Yet it needs very careful examination to discover any difference between a Japanese dwelling-house in the sub-Arctic climate of ...

Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, holds the title of the world’s coldest capital city, with winter temperatures frequently plummeting as low as -40°C and sometimes even as low as -50°C.