Arctic coastal erosion isn’t just a byproduct of climate change —...
Thousands of years ago, at the end of the last glacial period, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere shot up suddenly on three separate occasions...
The Bering Sea is already nearly ice-free, setting up more havoc...
A year ago, a midwinter meltdown erased most of the ice in the Bering Sea, leaving vast stretches of open water and creating shocking...
Renewed EU funding will keep a Scandinavian Arctic fox program going
Conservationists who have brought the Arctic fox in Norway and Sweden back from the brink of extinction will receive an additional €1 million ($1.1...
Huge ice block breaks off Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf
Scientists on Monday said the vast and ancient ice sheet sitting atop Greenland had sloughed off a 113-square-kilometer (approx. 44-square-mile) chunk of ice last...
Climate change means bigger Arctic spiders — but don’t worry, that...
Warmer temperatures in the Arctic may lead to more, and larger, wolf spiders. But this might be good for the region, according to a...
Alaska’s experience shows benefits — and challenges — of wind energy...
Arctic renewable energy has the potential for a global impact, but stories of energy transformation in the region are often overshadowed. For the month...
Alaska seabird die-offs, now in their fifth year, are a ‘red...
For five years in a row, masses of dead birds have been turning up on Alaska shorelines.
The big die-offs involve different species in different...
The magnetic North Pole is moving fast enough to worry scientists
The magnetic North Pole is moving at an alarming rate and forcing researchers to update a navigational model.
According to The Washington Post, almost half...
Boreal forests are losing their carbon-storing abilities as fires become more...
For millennia, the North’s boreal forests have sucked carbon dioxide from the air, reducing the greenhouse gas layer enveloping the planet.
But now, as big...
For fortune hunters dredging Alaska’s Bering Sea floor for gold, old...
The Bering Sea region, the Pacific gateway to the Arctic Ocean, is home to ecosystems on land and in the ocean that are both...
