Arctic Watch

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The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 20 November, 2023

Greenland Decides to Join the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 13 November, 2023

UK Deterrence and Assurance Conference in Scotland Sees Focus on High North Security

China’s Polar Silk Road: Long Game or Failed Strategy?

As China is striving to become a global power, including in maritime and transportation domains, the Arctic is of interest to China.

The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 6 November, 2023

Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Arctic Given Approval to Proceed

EU urged to throw its economic weight behind Arctic conservation

Despite the EU having little direct say on the protection of poles and glaciers, advocates argued at the One Planet – Polar Summit, hosted in Paris from Wednesday to Friday (8-10 November), that its economic might can still be influential….

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 long Arctic winter sets in

As the long Arctic winter sets in, sea ice extent has increased at a faster than average pace.

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.