A Russian rocket launch could release debris into Nunavut waters
A Russian rocket, powered by toxic fuel, launched a satellite into orbit around the polar regions on Friday morning.
The Government of Nunavut said this...
Danish military’s first satellite will keep eye on ships in Arctic
Measuring about a foot on its longest side and not much thicker than a long book, the first satellite to be taken into use...
Space can be an ‘Arctic enabler,’ incoming EU leaders are told
The European Union should promote greater use of space technology in the Arctic in a revised policy towards the region, industry and trade ministers...
Record-early Alaska river breakups are part of a long-term warming trend
When a wooden tripod dropped from the last bit of melting ice into the flowing water of Alaska’s Tanana River just after midnight on...
Researchers are finding plastic in the poop of Arctic seabirds
Studies are underway to uncover the role Arctic seabird guano — or poop — plays in microplastic contamination.
Given the size of their colonies and...
Climate change threatens to spread antibiotic resistance in the Arctic
The warming climate in Alaska and across the circumpolar North is creating new health and safety risks for people, animals and ecosystems. This piece...
With glacial melt accelerating, a geoengineering movement gathers momentum
Resorting to geoengineering, taking steps to purposely alter the Earth’s climate, to address the effects of a changing climate, is an old idea, dating...
A future landslide-triggered tsunami in Greenland could be a lot bigger...
When the tsunami triggered by the June 17, 2017 landslide in Greenland’s Karrat Fjord hit the hamlet of Nuugaatsiaq, it surged about 9 meters...
Trudeau’s budget looks after science, giving Arctic researchers hope
Canada’s federal government released a budget on Tuesday that offers science a big boost, but there are few clues as to how Arctic research...
Why signs of ultra-rare right whales are showing up in farther-north...
As the Bering Sea warms and transforms, marine animals of all types are moving north — including some of the world’s most critically endangered...
