Thawing Grounds, Rising Stakes: The Importance of Including Permafrost Emissions in Climate Policy
Most Arctic nations recognize permafrost thaw as a threat in their broader climate policies but stop short of formalizing these emissions in their NDCs and national targets.
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is smallest in 47-year record
Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals.
Warming Arctic causes heat waves, floods in Europe
“Millions of people living on the coastline are in danger”, researchers warn after 2024 is declared the warmest year on record.
For Arctic scientists, climate change is impossible to ignore
Researchers at a remote station in Canada’s Northwest Territories have contended with wildfire and melting permafrost.
Sustainability Corner: Rising Arctic temperatures and its potential effects
The Arctic, which has always been known as an icy and remote wilderness, is undergoing extreme changes as warming in the Arctic continues to increase.
Arctic Ice Project shuts down over ecological concerns
The Arctic Ice Project, which proposed spreading reflective synthetic silica-based microspheres on Arctic Sea ice to slow its melting.
Arctic tundra becoming the great source of carbon dioxide emissions
2024 Arctic Report Card tracks rapid, complex Arctic change.
The decline of Arctic sea ice: Causes, impacts, and future projections
Arctic sea ice loss is expected to continue over the next decades, with implications for the climate system and Arctic communities and ecosystems.
From Canada to Arctic to Siberia, the magnetic North Pole is moving. Why?
Earth’s magnetic North Pole is on the move. It is travelling eastwards and has moved from northern Canada to the Arctic.