Facts About the Arctic in December 2025
The latest Alfred Wegener Institute sea ice concentration map shows that the Pacific side of the Central Arctic Basin is now almost completely refrozen.
The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
The deep sea stores 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and 20 times more than all terrestrial plants and soils combined.
Reindeer numbers may fall as Arctic warms
Global reindeer populations could fall by more than half by 2100 due to the impacts of climate change.
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.
The European Union’s Arctic policy “in a hove-to position”
The Union’s Arctic policy has not been updated or adapted whilst the geopolitical context has changed radically with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which has undermined the security and stability of the Euro-Atlantic area.
Why Arctic cooperation with China is beneficial for South Korea
The importance of the Arctic shipping route has thus regained global focus, attracting significant interest not only from China, but also from Northeast Asian countries including South Korea.
Facts About the Arctic in October 2025
Reverting to JAXA/ViSHOP extent, after flatlining for most of September the refreeze has started in earnest over the last two weeks.
High-tech efforts in Arctic to save the ice sheets are doomed
Ideas to artificially cool the Arctic and Antarctic, known as “polar geoengineering,” are gaining profile.
A new paradigm from the Arctic
This article uses insights from 27 academics, activists, and Arctic inhabitants to propose an alternative: a “harm-reduction paradigm.”