Shadow fleet plays name game in Arctic waters
The owners of the LNG tankers that have lied idle in the Russian part of the Barents Sea for almost five months suddenly decided to give the ships new names and flag states.
The “Rebound” in Arctic Sea Ice – 2025 Edition
Renowned climate scientist Roger Pielke Jr. has just published an interesting paper in the highly respected academic journal the New York Post.
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.
Thawing Ground, Rising Stakes: Why Arctic Change Demands New Resilience
The melting of permafrost in the Arctic leads to a plethora of unwanted consequences, and there is an urgent need for action.
Arctic plants react to climate change in unexpected ways
Researchers tracked more than 2,000 plant communities in Arctic over four decades, and found that some species thrived while others declined.
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”.
Facts About the Arctic in May 2025
JAXA/ViSHOP extent is no longer “lowest for the date”! After “flatlining” for most of April the metric is now in the midst of a close knit group of the other years in the 2020s.
To the ends of the Earth: The Arctic’s battle for sustainable tourism
Tourism, for a resource-dependent economy like Greenland, which is almost entirely dependent on fisheries, represents a good way to build greater resilience through economic diversification.
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