Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project
With wildfires intensifying around the North, an Arctic Council project is underway to better coordinate response among circumpolar countries as
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climate change
The Arctic could soon be ice-free in the summer. Can geoengineering help?
In 2020, Arctic sea ice reached the second lowest level ever recorded It used to be the size of all
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Some polar bears in High Arctic temporarily benefit from thinning ice says study
As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear populations in the lower Arctic latitudes, thinning sea ice in
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Greenland losing ice faster this century than any previous one in last 12,000 years, says study
Researchers say findings reaffirm need for humans to curb greenhouse gas emissions Humans have to slow down greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate change is making the Arctic more hospitable, says Russian nuclear icebreaker captain
Skryabin on the 23rd September met with the President in connection with the official Day of nuclear industry employees. In
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2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record
This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.
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Blog – Whose Arctic security is it anyway?
The question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to
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What the Arctic’s transition to a ‘new climate’ looks like
Lawrence Ruben has lived in the Arctic all his life, and is still learning about the changing region. In the
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A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime
A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometres, has broken off in the far
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Norway’s Svalbard experienced hottest summer on record
Glaciers are melting, permafrost thaws and buildings are sagging. What scares the scientists most is studies of decomposing carbon from
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Are potential Arctic security threats eclipsing urgent action on climate? A new study makes its case
An over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy
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Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says
There is less sea ice in the Bering Sea now than at any time in at least 5,500 years. That’s
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Climate change creating vast new glacial lakes, with risk of ‘gargantuan’ floods, researcher says
Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research.
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New podcast holds up Canadian Indigenous voices on climate change
A new podcast is bringing together Indigenous perspectives on climate change and decolonization. It’s called Story-telling/Story-listening: Decolonizing Research. It’s the brainchild
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Record-warm Arctic summer fatal to wild reindeer in Russia, say environmentalists
Temperature records are coming one after another across the Arctic. On the 15th August, Russian meteorologists measured 18,1° Celsius at Cape Sterligov
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