The role of Arctic rivers in global climate change
Arctic rivers carry more water and contain more carbon due to warming – just one of the effects of thawing permafrost soils.
Arctic rivers carry more water and contain more carbon due to warming – just one of the effects of thawing permafrost soils.
Alaska and Yukon won the medal standings at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games while the Saami and Nunavik trailed behind.
This Sunday takes place the closing of the exhibition “Sedna. Myth and Change in the Arctic” at NONAM in Zurich. The opportunity to take stock with Martha Cerny about the exhibition.
On a trip to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the European Commission’s highest representative puts the Arctic back on the political agenda.
With her label, Kaska Dena Designs, Natasha Peter successfully integrates elements of Kaska Dena culture with modern cuts. A mix that was a hit at the last Fashion Week in Milan.
“We need more Greenlanders in the corps,” Major General of the Joint Arctic Command tells Polar Journal.
The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic raises many questions: When will the Arctic be ice-free? What does the loss of ice mean on a large and small scale? Will primary production increase as a result? What about sea ice drift?
The “polar retrospective” summarizes events around the Arctic and Antarctic from the previous week and focuses on one or more specific polar aspects.
The new EU project POLARIN will provide 50 international institutions with access to research infrastructure in the polar regions over the next five years.
The exact reason that rivers in northern Alaska have turned orange is unknown, researcher tells Polar Journal.
This weekend sees the opening of the Ice Music Festival Greenland sessions in Ilulissat. An opportunity to (re)discover a festival that makes ice sing, with a focus on science.
The unprecedented long-term project Ocean Warrior is in the midst of final preparations making great progress.
The new Low Earth Orbit satellites could make the country dependent on a foreign tech giant but could also help provide stable access in remote parts.
It could make be possible to predict extreme summer weather in Europe months or even years in advance by studying the melting of Arctic ice.
The working groups within the Arctic Council can kickoff their activities and meetings are planned again, at least on a virtual level.
Little is still known about the reasons that Greenlanders end up on the street.
A recently published study focuses on how global warming, by reducing the mobility of Canadian Arctic Inuit, is affecting their mental health.
More than any other Siberian ethnic group, the Nenets have preserved their culture and customs, which they actively share on social media.
Last Thursday and Friday, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Polar Symposium took place in the century-old Oceanographic Museum, between the Palais princier and the Mediterranean, bringing together scientists and experts, advocacy officers and directors of organizations, representatives of indigenous peoples and heads of state.
On the occasion of International Polar Bear Day, PolarJournal takes stock of the king of the Arctic in Greenland with an interview of Fernando Ugarte.
North Sámi, Kalaallisut and Inuktitut are all endangered languages with less than 100.000 speakers. But new technologies are making them more accessible and could help preserve them.
In a two-part article, guest author and Professor Doaa Abdel-Motaal discusses food security in the Arctic, Today, PolarJournal is publishing the second part about the perspective of local and Indigenous Arctic Communities.
“Nothing about us, without us,” is the headline of the long-awaited strategy. Among much else, it looks for partners in Arctic North America and in China.
Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball, President of the Kativik region, on Monday.