Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

Climate

The Arctic is the world’s region that has warmed the most, followed by Europe

The world is heating up. By the 2010s, the global average temperature of the air above the surface was about 1°C higher than in the 1940s.

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.