Researchers are asking for volunteer 'walrus detectives' to spot walruses...
Conservationists are trying to track walrus populations amid climate change but they can't do it alone.(Image credit: John Thys)
View ArticleSoot is accelerating snow melt in popular parts of Antarctica, a study finds
Arctic communities have long been plagued by soot that drives snow melt and respiratory disease. Now, humans are making their mark in Antarctica.(Image credit: Johan Ordonez)
View ArticleA new Iron Curtain is eroding Norway's hard-won ties with Russia on Arctic...
The countries share a border. Along the frontier, residents say a new barrier has disrupted everything from Arctic climate action and nuclear waste control to trade and cross-border sports leagues.
View ArticleThe Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet,...
The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.(Image credit: Sean Gallup)
View ArticleThis is what's at risk from climate change in Alaska
Climate change is transforming the Arctic, and putting indigenous communities in Alaska at risk.(Image credit: Prisma Bildagentur)
View ArticleWildfires are bigger. Arctic ice is melting. Now, scientists say they're linked
In the Arctic Ocean, sea ice is shrinking as the climate heats up. In the Western U.S., wildfires are getting increasingly destructive. Those two phenomena are thousands of miles apart, but scientists...
View ArticleIt's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden
Sweden says it found the largest deposit in Europe of rare earths — ingredients in a host of technologies from e-vehicles to wind turbines. Mining and processing them is another story.
View ArticleArctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change
This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, leading to early snowmelt and diminished sea ice.(Image credit: Twila Moon)
View ArticleJudge rules Willow oil project in Alaska's Arctic can proceed
The decision removes one of the last obstacles to the Willow project, which would be the largest oil development on federal land in decades, and has become a flashpoint for climate activists.(Image...
View ArticleWhat the collapse of salmon populations means for one Alaska family
For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations.
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