Sockeyes are the more commercially valuable species, but rules to protect Chinook that would affect all salmon fishing are giving fishermen an added incentive to take part in a monitoring programme aimed at stopping their decline
A special meeting in being held in Chile this week is seeking to break a nearly two decade-long deadlock over an East Antarctic marine protected area. Getting an agreement area will require getting China and Russia on board
At a meeting to kick off the review of protected marine areas around South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, experts presented key results and achievements from the past five years of conservation efforts and research.
NONAM and the Cerny Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art in Switzerland invite everyone to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 18 with round tables, workshops and guided tours. Inuit and Sami artists and their works will be on the program as well.
The Polar Pod expedition, skippered by a duo of explorers Jean-Louis Étienne and Elsa Pény-Étienne, made a stopover in the ancient port of Marseille in June to christen Persévérance, the expedition’s sailing vessel.
Bedrock ground to powder by Greenland’s glaciers can bind significant amounts of carbon dioxide in acidic soils and also has great potential when used as a fertiliser for organically grown plants
A recent paper has predicted the Arctic could be “ice-free” by 2030. But that’s not the same as saying there will be no ice at all. At least to to begin with
Long a concern elsewhere, everyday chemicals such as caffeine, nicotine, medicines and UV filters have now been detected in the waters of parts of Antarctica where there is no human activity
Canada is launching a call for proposals for a research program aimed at improving the living conditions of the Inuit while integrating their knowledge into the project.
Even if countries hit the lower target for temperature increases set by the Paris Agreement, it may not be enough to prevent some countries from suffering catastrophic damage caused by ice-sheet melting
Small islands and low-lying countries that are threatened by sea level rise are currently attending the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Helsinki to call for immediate action to avert a pending disaster