Environment

Buzz kill: Warming temperatures threaten Arctic bumblebees

As the Arctic warms, key pollinators are feeling the heat. A new study published…

The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too

While it is well documented that global warming is heating the world’s oceans, there…

Finland’s new Arctic ambassador returns to a changed North

As Finland unveils its updated Arctic policy today, the country’s new envoy faces a…

Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all Alaska waters

A new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan proposes 21 sales in Alaska,…

The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change

This year’s COP30 comes after the international Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond…

A blueprint to free Arctic research trapped in data silos

Decades of Arctic research have generated vast amounts of data. Yet as the region…

US research official departs as Trump overhauls Arctic policy

An Alaska Native official who helped oversee the federal agency in charge of U.S.…

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a…