Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

Month: May 2025

Facts About the Arctic in May 2025

JAXA/ViSHOP extent is no longer “lowest for the date”! After “flatlining” for most of April the metric is now in the midst of a close knit group of the other years in the 2020s.

To the ends of the Earth: The Arctic’s battle for sustainable tourism

Tourism, for a resource-dependent economy like Greenland, which is almost entirely dependent on fisheries, represents a good way to build greater resilience through economic diversification.

PFAS are polluting the Arctic, threatening both humans and animals

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed “forever chemicals,” are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at alarming levels in the Arctic.