Primates colonised the Arctic during a period of ancient global warming -- their fate offers a lesson as climate change speeds up

Close relatives of primates adapted to life in the High Arctic 52 million years ago – this may offer insight into future changes in the Arctic.

Jason Gilchrist, Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Jan. 30, 2023 • ~8 min

Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, ecosystems and wildlife

The annual report is also a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 • ~9 min

Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, plants and wildlife

The annual report describes the changes underway and the impact they’re having on people and wildlife. It’s also reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 • ~9 min

Arctic plants are a missing factor in climate models

According to a new study, the Arctic's diverse vegetation is a key factor in the energy exchange between the Earth's land surface and the atmosphere.

U. Zurich • futurity
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~5 min

Siberian wildfire may have amped up Arctic algal bloom

Smoke from a Siberian wildfire may have transported enough nitrogen to parts of the Arctic Ocean to amplify a phytoplankton bloom, researchers say.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Sept. 19, 2022 • ~5 min

Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map

The new discovery echoes a mission in 1931, when a five-day zeppelin flight sent robots to the stratosphere and redrew the maps of the high Arctic.

Kevin Hamilton, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii • conversation
Sept. 8, 2022 • ~11 min

Arctic lakes are doing a vanishing act

Arctic lakes are drying up. A new study offers clues as to why—and what can be done to slow the loss.

U. Florida • futurity
Aug. 30, 2022 • ~7 min

What could we do to cool the Arctic, specifically?

Here are two possible forms of regional geoengineering.

Hugh Hunt, Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, University of Cambridge • conversation
Aug. 17, 2022 • ~6 min

Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world – new research

The Arctic may be warming four times faster than the rest of the world.

Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol • conversation
Aug. 11, 2022 • ~6 min

Human garbage is a plentiful but dangerous source of food for polar bears finding it harder to hunt seals on dwindling sea ice

Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.

Thomas Scott Smith, Professor - Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation Program, Brigham Young University • conversation
July 20, 2022 • ~8 min

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