Permafrost soils emit more greenhouse gases
The amount of greenhouse gases emitted from the permafrost soils of the Arctic could, in a worst-case scenario, be higher than the amount emitted by the United States in 150 years.
The amount of greenhouse gases emitted from the permafrost soils of the Arctic could, in a worst-case scenario, be higher than the amount emitted by the United States in 150 years.
Runway repair and equipment purchases are a part of keeping the country connected
Using underwater microphones, an Irish artist and Woods Hole Institution researchers plan to listen to melting icebergs and study human impact on the oceans.
A major new project will help benchmark biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and guide conservation efforts.
Perhaps 90% of the snow crabs in the Bering Sea have disappeared without a trace
Thanks to DNA analyses of bone fragments, a research team has now been able to identify numerous species of animals that the Saqqaq, Norse and Thule hunted at the time.
A project in Svalbard helping to predict potential landslide areas due to melting permafrost gets is awarded with the Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award 2022.
The first underwater research station is to make this possible, developed by the French polar explorer Alban Michon.
Modern polar marine animals help scientists understand the conditions to which the first living creatures in the cold regions were exposed.
More icebreakers are needed to keep the Northern Sea Route open. Since new material is not available so quickly, the only option is to keep old icebreakers ‘alive’.
The number of gray whales migrating from the Arctic to California and back continues to decline, including calves.
Along the Alaskan coast of the Chukchi Sea lie numerous lagoons teeming with abundant life, but climate change and development are threatening these habitats.
In a giant project, more than 10,000 residents in the westernmost part of Alaska will be connected to the fastest Internet available in the U.S. within the next two years.
Geoengineering, for some, is the solution to mitigating climate change. However, micro glass spheres on Arctic sea ice do not help.
Greenland’s tourism industry leader Visit Greenland sees no future for the traditional cruise industry in Greenland and is withdrawing support.
A Swedish-British research team has made spectacular fossil discoveries in East Greenland that could show how early land vertebrates evolved.
The Arctic Circle, the largest non-political network in the Arctic, plans to build a center to facilitate dialogue among various Arctic stakeholders.
The more sea ice disappears in the Arctic, the higher is the acidification of the ocean there, shows a study by an international research team.
Sea ice off the East coast of Greenland prevents moist air from the South from reaching western Spitsbergen. But due to climate change, this barrier is lacking more often.
After a construction period of 3½ years at the Admirality shipyard in St. Petersburg, “Severny Polyus” is now in service in the Arctic for the first time.
To better secure Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the Joint Arctic Command urgently needs more resources from the Danish state, both financially and in terms of personnel.
One of them is more troubling than the other
More countries are sending envoys to Greenland. It will not always be clear to them whether they have come to the right place
Cutting the carbon from ship emissions will not be cheap, but it does not have to be difficult