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Canada’s largest Arctic research meeting brings experts together

More than 1700 researchers, academics, students, and Indigenous experts met in Ottawa recently for Arctic Change 2024, the country’s largest Arctic research conference.

Denmark ‘open to dialogue’ with US on Arctic amid Trump bid to take over territory

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has stated that Demark is ‘open to dialogue’ with the US on how the two countries can cooperate on the Arctic region, which includes the Danish-controlled Greenland.

Rising frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves threaten Arctic ecosystems

Marine heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent in the Arctic.

Could microbes, locked in Arctic ice for millennia, unleash a wave of deadly diseases?

In the unusually hot summer of 2016, a bacterium that causes anthrax killed more than 2,500 reindeer in Siberia’s remote Yamal Peninsula, according to one study. 

Russia reasserts ‘blood right interest’ over unclaimed underwater Arctic ridge

Nation tries to expand northern presence as Canada increases spending on foreign policy in region.

Facts About the Arctic in January 2025

The New Year began with JAXA/ViSHOP extent lowest for the date in the satellite era, just below 2018.

European Critical Minerals Strategy Gains Arctic Foothold

This acquisition represents an important step in Europe’s efforts to achieve strategic autonomy in critical minerals.

‘Huge shift’ in Arctic research methods putting science in Inuit hands: Nunavut premier

Nunavik counting beluga in Marralik estuary; Qikiqtaaluk Corp. learning more about what’s living in Nunavut’s coastal waters.

Arctic tundra becoming the great source of carbon dioxide emissions

2024 Arctic Report Card tracks rapid, complex Arctic change.