Impact of Holocene environmental change on the evolutionary ecology of an Arctic top predator
The Arctic is among the most climatically sensitive environments on Earth, and the disappearance of multiyear sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is predicted within decades.
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 30 October, 2023
Western Arctic Caribou Herd Numbers Declining for Last 20 Years
The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s treeless tundra. If the planet wears an Arctic ice cap, then the boreal forests are a loose-knit headband wrapped around its ears, covering large portions of Alaska, Canada,…
The long Arctic winter sets in
As the long Arctic winter sets in, sea ice extent has increased at a faster than average pace.
Türkiye joins ‘Arctic treaty,’ gains access to North Pole
With the Turkish parliament ratifying the 103-year-old Spitsbergen Agreement, which allows parties to acquire property and residency in the northern archipelago, Turkish citizens can now benefit from the privilege of living and engaging in commercial activities in the Arctic region near the…
Growing International Chorus Demands Reduction of Arctic Shipping Impacts
Responding to the increasing pressure on the Arctic region by the climate crisis, more than 75 organisations and individuals – including scientists, writers, and photographers – have signed up to the ‘Arctic Ocean Action’, which calls on the international community…
Norway launches Wildland Fires Initiative as part of Arctic Council chairship
With multiple northern nations experiencing a surge in wildfires in recent years, Norway has introduced a Wildland Fires Initiative as part of its Arctic Council chairship. “Wildland fires are a growing emergency, and a prime example of why we need…
Implementation Plan for the United States’ National Strategy for the Arctic Region
Like the National Strategy, the Implementation Plan benefitted from input from a wide range of stakeholders concerned about the Arctic Region, both in the United States and in other nations.
“What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic”: EAC calls for better focus of Arctic issues in Whitehall and funding boost for research
Rising sea levels, contributed to by Arctic ice melting, could risk 1.5 million UK properties flooding, with growing evidence suggesting that changes in the Arctic could make weather events in the UK more extreme.