Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery
‘It is a very exciting place to do research,’ says astrobiologist working in the High Arctic A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hope of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars. Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjunct…
Arctic, low. Antarctic, whoa.
Arctic sea ice continues to decline at a near-average pace, with ice extent twelfth lowest in the satellite record at this time. Antarctic sea ice by contrast is growing at far below-average rates and is at an unprecedently low level…
IMO greenhouse gas emission strategy needs teeth
The International Maritime Organization adoption of a revised, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction strategy is a step in the right direction, but lacks the teeth needed to protect Arctic communities, says the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). “Unfortunately, the IMO negotiations…
Maybe let the other nations fight over the Arctic
Regarding the July 9 Sunday Opinion essay by Kenneth R. Rosen, “Does the U.S. have cold feet about stepping into the Arctic?”: Though competition with Russia and China seems as if it is in the blood of Americans, what stake…
The Arctic is more important than ever, why is Canada paring back its Arctic engagement?
While Canada announced it will close its Arctic centre in Norway, Washington shared plans to re-establish a U.S. post there. The recent announcement that Canada is closing its Canadian International Arctic Centre in Oslo is puzzling. This not only comes as Arctic…
Facts About the Arctic in July 2023
After briefly being near the bottom of the historical range at the beginning of the month, AWI’s high resolution AMSR2 area metric is now back near the top of that range: However, although it’s not visible on the area graph extent has…
How Sweden’s membership will strengthen NATO
The island of Gotland will become one of the strongholds of the Alliance, and the powerful Swedish military industry will strengthen the development of aircraft, tanks and anti-aircraft defense systems.
A Melting Arctic Will Bring Climate Disaster Without Urgent Action
As the Arctic’s reflective sea ice continues to melt, more and more heat is absorbed by the darker ocean underneath, disrupting the world’s weather and inflicting punishing and hugely expensive climate impacts in the U.S., U.K. and around the globe.
Hidden fumes from melting glaciers could speed up global warming
Melting Arctic glaciers are unearthing a new source of potent greenhouse gas, warns new research. As the Arctic gets warmer, scientists found shrinking glaciers are exposing bubbling groundwater springs which could provide an underestimated source of methane. It is the…