The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 18 September, 2023
Russia Routes Unreinforced Oil Tankers Through Northern Arctic for First Time As reported by the Barents Observer on September 12, Russia has authorized unreinforced oil tankers to carry out a 3,500 mile journey along Russia’s northern coast to China. Departing…
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Could We Refreeze the Arctic Ice?
A major consequence of the ongoing climate change is the swift reduction in the extent of the Arctic sea ice cover witnessed over the past few decades. The melting ice and disintegration of glaciers in regions with elevated latitudes have…
Drainage network response to Arctic warming
Rapid Arctic warming may increase erosion and stream channel formation, which alters the flux of sediments, carbon, and nutrients in these sensitive ecosystems. Yet, understanding landscape change is hampered by a lack of predictive tools applicable to permafrost settings. Background…
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 11 September, 2023
Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Greenland As reported by AP News on September 14, the Danish Joint Arctic Command announced that the luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully freed after it ran aground in Greenland on September 11. The ship, with 206 people on…
Rounding the curve
Both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice appear to be heading toward their respective seasonal limits, reaching the lowest extent at the end of summer in the north, and the highest extent as winter ends in the south. In the Antarctic,…
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 21 August, 2023
Canadian North Faces Its Worst Fire Season As reported by Al Jazeera on August 23, Canada is experiencing its worst fire season on record. According to the Canadian Forest Fire Centre, there have been 5,881 fires recorded so far, with 1,036 fires currently…
Arctic warming by abundant fine sea salt aerosols from blowing snow
Abstract The Arctic warms nearly four times faster than the global average, and aerosols play an increasingly important role in Arctic climate change. In the Arctic, sea salt is a major aerosol component in terms of mass concentration during winter…
Late summer heat wave avoids central Arctic
While the first half of August saw a rapid pace of Arctic sea ice loss, the pace slowed during the latter half of the month as mostly cooler conditions set in. Antarctic sea ice extent increased during the second half of the month….