Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

Last year, Longyearbyen recorded an average July temperature over 10°C, challenging the traditional polar climate definition ...

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total darkness ...

Blomdahl, who lives in Svalbard’s largest city of Longyearbyen, is one of about 2,500 residents in the region. Here, colorful ...

In fact, however, the archipelago of Svalbard has daily flights to other Norwegian cities. Its cosmopolitan capital, ...

While the people of the UK are looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning as the clocks are about to go back on October 27 - a settlement in Norway has waved goodbye to the sun ...

Want to break free-ze? Americans looking for a sudden change of scenery can move immediately to one idyllic, low-tax European ...

Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ...

Cloudy with a high of 31 °F (-0.6 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 11 to 12 mph (17.7 to 19.3 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 53% chance of precipitation. Winds from ESE to E ...

Phil Carr, a seasoned traveller who frequently shares his worldwide adventures on social media, took to TikTok to recount his ...