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India must rethink its Arctic outlook

An increasingly militarised Arctic demands new thinking from New Delhi.

What Greenland really wants The Arctic Great Game is afoot

If climate change has serious ecological ramifications, it also has serious geopolitical consequences.

The Son of Climate: The Movie

Fresh from his enlightening “debate” with Peter Hadfield about the numerous errors in Climate

Shadow fleet plays name game in Arctic waters

The owners of the LNG tankers that have lied idle in the Russian part of the Barents Sea for almost five months suddenly decided to give the ships new names and flag states.

The “Rebound” in Arctic Sea Ice – 2025 Edition

Renowned climate scientist Roger Pielke Jr. has just published an interesting paper in the highly respected academic journal the New York Post.

Trump’s Climate Cuts Affect the NSIDC

I frequently post a summary of the Arctic section of the United States’ National Snow and Ice Data Center’s monthly review of the current state of the cryosphere. Here is the most recent edition.

Major changes in biodiversity in the Arctic

A major study in Nature with researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows large local differences in which species are favoured, and which are outcompeted due to climate change.

Thawing Ground, Rising Stakes: Why Arctic Change Demands New Resilience

The melting of permafrost in the Arctic leads to a plethora of unwanted consequences, and there is an urgent need for action.

Arctic plants react to climate change in unexpected ways

Researchers tracked more than 2,000 plant communities in Arctic over four decades, and found that some species thrived while others declined.