Blog: Full steam ahead for Asian icebreakers in the Arctic this summer
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) governs many of the activities on and below the
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Science
Long-term warming inside Greenland’s ice sheet
In the mid-20th century, when Carl Benson was traveling Greenland gathering data he would use to write his Ph.D. thesis
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Replanting the sea in Sweden
Environmental damage on land is usually visible, a powerful reminder. But there are serious problems out of sight on the sea
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Alaska’s future looks more rainy, less snowy: study
Alaskans of the future might have to stock up on ice cleats and endure disappointing snow seasons. A newly published
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Feature Interview: What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic
Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is
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Solar halos grace the skies in North Finland
Solar halos are not a rare sight, but on Wednesday they were seen gracing the skies across an unusually broad
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Ice-Blog: Cryosphere in Crisis?
You can’t say the latest research results on the thinning of the West Antarctic ice sheet didn’t make the media.
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Investigation into walrus disease closes with no culprit identified
An investigation into a mysterious disease afflicting Pacific walruses has been closed with no culprit identified, federal agencies said on
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Ice-Blog: Greenland melt natural or man-made?
And does it ultimately make any difference? Scientists from the University of Washington (UW) have published a paper in Nature
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Ice-Blog: Will the Antarctic share the Arctic’s fate?
While the Arctic is melting twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and protests continue against the race
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Alaska wood frogs are champion deep-freeze hibernators: study
North America’s northernmost amphibians can stay frozen solid most of the year before they thaw and emerge to hop, breed,
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Feature Interview: What questions should we be asking about the Arctic’s future?
Arctic oil spill response made headlines last week with a new report from the National Research Council in the United
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Ice-Blog: Greenland’s icecap losing stability
Catching up on the last few weeks of icy news after a spring holiday, my eye was caught by an
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Fish show traces of banned pesticides in some Alaska parks
Traces of pesticides that were likely never used in Alaska and have — in some cases — long been outlawed
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Genetic studies of polar bears’ past raises questions about their future
Today’s polar, brown and black bears are the descendants of common ancestors that first began to split off into different
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