Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery
‘It is a very exciting place to do research,’ says astrobiologist working in the High Arctic A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hope of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars. Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjunct…
Arctic, low. Antarctic, whoa.
Arctic sea ice continues to decline at a near-average pace, with ice extent twelfth lowest in the satellite record at this time. Antarctic sea ice by contrast is growing at far below-average rates and is at an unprecedently low level…
Mid-summer bliss
The longest day of summer has come and gone, and summer melt is in full swing, with the pace of ice loss overall about average for this time of year. Arctic sea ice extent for June was not exceptionally low…
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re
Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to the opening of previously frozen waterways in the Arctic and the creation of new shipping and trade routes.
Book Review: Red Arctic: Russian Strategy Under Putin
Elizabeth Buchanan notes that publishing a book just as the central character invades a neighbouring country presents an array of challenges. There are also difficulties in reviewing said book, when – understandably enough – new arguments appear in the afterword….
The Handbook of the Arctic
The Handbook of the Arctic. A Broad and Comprehensive Overview. The book, edited by Egor V. Pak, Artem I. Krivtsov, Natalia S. Zagrebelnaya MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, has recently been published and is now available by Springer. It provides a comprehensive, critical and multidimensional…
Springing into summer
The seasonal decline in Arctic sea ice extent was moderate through much of May before picking up pace over the last few days of the month. Meanwhile, Antarctic sea ice extent remained far below previous satellite-era record lows for this…
Five Misconceptions in Arctic Geopolitics
There are some misconceptions that keep appearing around Arctic geopolitics, regardless of how much research is published that aims at countering false narratives, dispelling myths or showcasing nuance.
Stirling scientist to lead investigation into climate change unknowns in the Arctic
A scientist from the University of Stirling is to lead an investigation into whether global warming is leading to increased carbon emissions from ecosystems in the Arctic. Professor in Ecosystem Ecology Philip Wookey will carry out cutting edge experiments in northern Sweden with…