Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

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The Arctic Council Launches New Podcast: “We Want to Bring the Arctic to the World”

The Head of Communications for the Arctic Council, Anja Salo, says she hopes the podcast will showcase that the Arctic people have many of the answers to the region’s issues.

The remote Arctic island, saved by an unshakeable community spirit

North of the Arctic Circle, beyond the maps of ancient mariners, a remote Norwegian island once thought lost to time has found new life in an unlikely industry.

Space dust in the Arctic is helping scientists track the climate crisis

That urgency stems from climatologists battling with understanding how the Arctic will respond to the worsening climate crisis.

Q&A with the new Sustainable Development Working Group Chair

Camilla Aviaja Olsen took on the role of Chair of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) in May 2025.

Inuit-Owned Firm to Advance Canada’s Arctic Defense Capabilities

By embedding Arctic field expertise into defense tech, the company is tapping a potent combination of local knowledge and emerging sovereign capability.

Facts About the Arctic in November 2025

The latest Alfred Wegener Institute sea ice concentration map shows the East Siberian and Laptev Seas almost completely refrozen.

Clean Arctic Alliance hails Nordic push for sustainable polar marine fuels

Black carbon—a short-lived climate pollutant that accelerates the melting of ice and snow—is a “climate superpollutant” that is produced when fossil fuels are burned. It has been linked to an increased pace of warming seen in the Arctic.

Analysis

Grok Confirms Michael Shellenberger Talks Abject Nonsense

Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the same name.

New International Municipal BRICS Forum: Cities Without Borders

Held at the intersection of diplomacy, economics, and technology, this year’s IMBRICS Forum reflected a growing ambition among BRICS and partner nations to turn local cooperation into global impact.