Permafrost thaw threatens millions of Arctic residents and their infrastructure
Across the Arctic, cities, highways, railroads, oil fields and other structures inhabited by or used by people perch precariously on permafrost that is warming.
Now...
Climate change will cost Alaska billions, new national report says
Thanks to its Arctic location, Alaska faces high costs and extreme impacts from climate change, says a new national report that describes effects nationally.
The...
Arctic refuge snow conditions are even worse for tundra travel than...
If energy companies bring drilling rigs and other industrial equipment to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, it will be difficult for them...
After delay, planning resumes on a controversial 200-mile road through Arctic...
Plans for a new 200-mile road cutting through the foothills of the Brooks Range in Alaska's Arctic are back on track now that a...
US defense investments in Greenland infrastructure would keep NATO in, China...
Politically, Greenland has cast its lot with the West. But, when it comes to commercial opportunities, it is more open. China, especially, has been...
As Brexit goes, so goes Greenland’s relationship with the EU
The future of Greenland’s trading relationship with the United Kingdom begins in Brussels.
Greenland is not an EU member, but, as a part of the...
Yukon River, beset by salmon woes and mercury threats, signals broader...
Flowing from the foot of mountain glaciers in northern British Columbia nearly 2,000 miles to the Bering Sea, the Yukon River is a bellwether...
Like Denmark and Russia, Canada says its extended continental shelf includes...
Canada filed an extended continental shelf submission last week with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf that covers more than 460,000...
The Trump administration says it’s sticking to plans for an Arctic...
The Trump administration is on track to sell oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this year, cracking open an area that for...
Greenland polar bear management plan seeks balance between conservation and exploitation
Establishing clear guidelines for protecting polar bears will ensure the people of Greenland continued access to an important traditional resource, while the same time...
