Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants
With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear.
The Northwest Passage in 2025
I’m opening the 2025 Northwest Passage thread earlier than usual, because of some news you can read if you scroll down.
The Son of Climate: The Movie
Fresh from his enlightening “debate” with Peter Hadfield about the numerous errors in Climate
Trump’s Climate Cuts Affect the NSIDC
I frequently post a summary of the Arctic section of the United States’ National Snow and Ice Data Center’s monthly review of the current state of the cryosphere. Here is the most recent edition.
Major changes in biodiversity in the Arctic
A major study in Nature with researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows large local differences in which species are favoured, and which are outcompeted due to climate change.
Peter Hadfield versus Tom Nelson
This article not directly related to Arctic sea ice, but instead is one of our (very!) occasional series on the psychology of anthropogenic global warming “skepticism”.
Geological and Prehistoric Foundations of Arctic Geopolitics
To fully understand contemporary Arctic geopolitics and its significance to world politics, it is essential to understand the geopolitical connections interlinking the Arctic region to the rest-of-the-world.
The weakening Arctic consensus is worrying
In spite of rising diplomatic tensions, the most immediate geopolitical risk for Arctic is not military conflict.
Facts About the Arctic in April 2025
However, since then the graph has been “flatlining” and extent is now above 2019 and rapidly approaching the rest of the recent pack.