As climate change transforms the Arctic, Homeland Security must adapt, official says
For the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which has a combination of public safety, emergency response and law-enforcement functions, climate change is creating new challenges for which old responses are no longer adequate, a top department official said on Tuesday….
Russia’s effort to mobilise the Arctic creates environmental concerns
Severomorsk, situated in the Barents Sea, serves as the strategic base for the Russian navy’s Northern Fleet. Notably, since 2014, when Russia initiated its invasion of eastern Ukraine, the port has assumed a pivotal role as the primary administrative centre…
Tony Heller’s Faithful Flock of Sheep
“Snow White” also noticed that for some strange reason Tony was telling lots of porky pies about Arctic sea ice again!
Scientists Unravel Evolutionary History of Arctic Flora
A team led by Prof. WANG Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has unraveled the evolutionary history of the Arctic flora. The study was published in Nature Communications. The Arctic tundra, to the…
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.
Facts About the Arctic in July 2023
After briefly being near the bottom of the historical range at the beginning of the month, AWI’s high resolution AMSR2 area metric is now back near the top of that range.
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.
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.