Major Step for Arctic Ocean Research
Researchers at the Norwegian Polar Institute have recently succeeded in obtaining data from the Amundsen basin throughout all seasons for two consecutive years.
Arctic Shipping Routes: A Situational Assessment
Changing ice conditions, due to climate change, is reshaping potential Arctic shipping routes.
Arctic Caribou Officially listed as Endangered
Due to declining population numbers, the Arctic caribou has been listed as Endangered on the Northwest Territories list of Species at Risk.
Arctic Sea Ice Forecast. 2024 Third report
The Arctic sea ice extent on September 10, when the sea ice minimum will be about 4.70 million square kilometers. This is almost the same as in 2021 and 2022.
Chinese Boxships transiting the Arctic to avoid Red Sea route
Two Chinese container ships, Xin Xin Hai 1 and Xin Xin Hai 2, are navigating the Arctic using Russia’s Northern Sea Route to connect China with Europe.
Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic
The following is the July 30, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress.
Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries
Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate.
Finland finds the fuel of the future and beats hydrogen
Finland has just suddenly overtaken America, Japan and China and introduced the world to the hydrogen fuel of the future.
The Arctic: Rising Tensions and Evolving Geopolitics in a Thawing Frontier
Although familiar with geopolitical competition, strategic contestation in the Arctic entered a new, more confrontational phase following the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea in 2014