Why Greenlanders are taking Trump’s interest very seriously
Annex Greenland?We can ask the question, when Russia can annex Crimea, why would the United States hesitate with Greenland? I think that a U.S....
What the new IPCC climate report means for the Arctic
If a half-degree temperature rise in world temperatures doesn’t sound alarming, the latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change should put that...
A deepwater port in Alaska’s Arctic is essential for U.S. national...
While cooperation has been a hallmark of Arctic relations between the United States and Russia, it is important to consider national security due to...
Insulting Canada won’t help the US with its Arctic ambitions
In the summer of 1985, the United States Coast Guard sent the icebreaker Polar Sea on a voyage across the Northwest Passage from Greenland...
Could resurrecting mammoths help stop Arctic emissions?
If you managed to time travel back to Ice-Age Europe, you might be forgiven for thinking you had instead crash landed in some desolate...
How fake news and starving bears could keep more complex stories...
In Tromsø, the main Arctic city in Norway, mayor Kristin Røymo welcomed us with a warning. She talked of what she called “Google images...
Trump’s Greenland sideshow needs to be shelved
Forget the gibberish from President Donald Trump; the United States is not interested in buying Greenland.It’s not a “real estate deal.” It’s an absurd...
In a rush to launch Arctic Refuge drilling, Trump officials are...
In testimony last fall, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski promised that there would be no cutting corners on oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife...
Why people matter when we talk about Arctic climate change
It is very difficult to have a conversation with an ice floe.You may select a floe with an intriguing personal history; perhaps a past...
The First Frontier: Creating a climate displacement fund for displaced Alaska...
Alaska needs a climate displacement fund, or it risks the lives of its indigenous communities.The world’s first climate change refugees may not only be...
