Arctic char benefit from melting in Svalbard
In Svalbard, freshwater fish benefit from slightly warmer water than usual in the lakes they inhabit, which could be increasingly beneficial for fishing, at least as long as the glaciers remain.
In Svalbard, freshwater fish benefit from slightly warmer water than usual in the lakes they inhabit, which could be increasingly beneficial for fishing, at least as long as the glaciers remain.
Unable to hunt and fish due to climate change, hunters in northern Greenland have asked the government for help.
Calories are needed to combat the cold, and the reindeer have to work so hard to store up energy for the winter that they have to sleep ruminating during the summer.
Mitsui has decided to withdraw its employees from the Russian Arctic LNG-2 project, according to the Japanese newspaper Sankei.
Along with climate change, environmental pollution is one of the most pressing problems in the Arctic and Antarctic and has increasingly become the focus of research in recent years.
The year 2023 saw several projects and events aimed at strengthening the self-determination and presence of circumpolar Indigenous populations in the Arctic
Germaine Arnaktauyok received the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts earlier this month. An opportunity to look back at the work of this celebrated Inuit artist.
With the ratification of an agreement to settle the dispute over the small island of Tartupaluk in the northwest, Greenland receives its first international border on solid ground.
The new 10-year management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island, Canada’s northernmost park, will strengthen Inuit engagement.
Polar bears have long served as a symbol of climate change for obvious reasons. Not only is the polar bear a beautiful, charismatic animal, but the link between polar bears and melting sea ice is an easy and poignant concept to grasp.
The 19th edition of ArcticNet ASM2023 scientific meeting was held in the Arctic for the first time, and focused among other topics on Inuit representation in scientific research.
High-resolution satellite images allowed a detailed inventory of Arctic lakes and wetlands, which revealed significantly lower methane emissions.
Frost quakes could become increasingly frequent in the North. With potentially significant consequences for buildings and infrastructures.
Located around 100 km from the North Pole, Ice Camp Barneo will resume operations in April 2024 and welcome tourists, expeditioners and researchers.
Ship noise covers seven of the 41 calls made by belugas in the Anchorage area, forming an isolated population that could become extinct.
COP28 came to a close in Dubai on Tuesday, with the Arctic taking part, reminding us of the need to take circumpolar Indigenous populations into account in the discussions.
One of the most prolific cities for studying the Arctic regions is going from strength to strength, with the Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) attracting more and more international scientists to study the carbon cycle in the polar regions.
An investigation found that some whales were dead before becoming ensnared, but critics of bottom trawling have more questions about this year’s large death toll.
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Leading scientists, global youth and negotiators from low-lying nations highlighted the potentially disastrous implications of climate-change-induced sea level rise for the host city.
A young Norwegian Sámi start-up has just won a prize at the last Arctic Futures Symposium for clothing that combines modernity and Sámi traditions.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council sent COP28 a position paper with five recommendations, with the Inuit at the heart of the decisions and the need to urgently act.
Four of the eight Arctic nations are among the top five in the world when it comes to equality for the LGBTQI community on a national level.
In Greenland, 25 of the 34 critical raw materials for the energy transition are present in significant quantities, and last Thursday the European Union and this country signed strategic agreements to develop sustainable value chains for the exploitation of these resources.