Blog: The last few bipolar months of the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship are ending
Two years ago in Iqaluit, Canada’s “heart of the Arctic,” the U.S. took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council,
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Ice-Blog: Deciding Arctic future in Fairbanks and Bonn
It is hard to tell where the most influential conversations on the future of the Arctic are being held right
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Blog – The Fairbanks ministerial: What to expect
For the tenth time since 1998, the eight Arctic states and six Permanent Participants will gather together as an Arctic
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Arctic Council 2017 – How to watch & who to follow
The United States turns over the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland this week in Fairbanks, Alaska. Over
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Blog: Chairing the Arctic Council was hard work but a joy, says David Balton (Part 2 of 2)
The Arctic Council Ministerial will be held in Fairbanks on May 11, marking the end of the United States’ two
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Blog: Senior Arctic Official David Balton on what makes Arctic Council so unique (Part 1 of 2)
The Arctic Council Ministerial will be held in Fairbanks on May 11, marking the end of the United States’ two year
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Blog: Obituary for an Arctic river
I haven’t been posting a lot lately, and that’s because I’ve had a hectic schedule over the past month with fieldwork
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Ice-Blog: Cheap oil from the Arctic? Fake news, says climate economist Kemfert
This week I came across an interesting publication about to come on to the German market. “The fossil empire strikes
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Ice-Blog: Finland courts US rivals Russia and China in bid for key role in Arctic power game
Finland does not often make its way onto the international news agenda, but as the country prepares to take over
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Blog: Cooperation with Russia in the Arctic makes sense; an Arctic Summit does not
Last week, Russia hosted a high profile conference on Arctic development and cooperation which boasted the attendance of 2400 or
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Ice-Blog: Arctic sea ice – Is the minimum maximum the new normal?
If you blinked, you might have missed it. The confirmation came this week that the Arctic sea ice reached yet
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Blog: Trump’s budget could cause infrastructure crisis for rural and native Alaskans
U.S. President Donald Trump released his proposed budget, and the reaction has been swift and scathing. Rural communities, healthcare, the environment,
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – Business as usual with USA under Trump?
As the USA comes to the end of its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the organization’s “Senior Arctic Officials”
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Ice-Blog: Arctic summer sea ice cover could disappear with 2C temperature rise
The Arctic sea ice may disappear completely in summers this century, even if the world keeps to the Paris Agreement.
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Ice-Blog: Climate change is causing rapid, deeper and more extensive acidification in the Arctic Ocean
A new study reported in Nature Climate Change this week says ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic
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