Solid aerosols in Arctic may change clouds and climate

Solid aerosols from the Arctic "didn't look like anything we had ever seen in the literature, in the Arctic, or anywhere else in the world."

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
March 31, 2022 ~6 min

Arctic greening won’t save the climate – here’s why

The growing season on the tundra is starting earlier as the planet warms, but the plants aren’t sequestering more carbon, a new study finds.

Donatella Zona, Associate Professor of Biology, San Diego State University • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min


Why a warming climate can bring bigger snowstorms

Winters are getting warmer, yet Bostonians were digging out from nearly 2 feet of snow from a historic blizzard in late January. Why is the Northeast seeing more big snowstorms like this?

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~7 min

What does climate change have to do with snowstorms?

Winters are getting warmer, yet Bostonians were digging out from nearly 2 feet of snow from a historic blizzard in late January. Why is the Northeast seeing more big snowstorms like this?

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~7 min

How muskoxen and caribou protect rare Arctic plants

Research in Greenland shows how the presence of caribou and muskoxen can maintain the presence of rare arctic plants.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Jan. 28, 2022 ~5 min

Human-made noise stresses out narwhals

Narwhals are facing a new enemy in the Arctic. Noise from ships, mine blasts, and seismic surveys stress them out, even when it comes from miles away.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Dec. 17, 2021 ~7 min

Is Santa's sleigh zero carbon? The answer lies in reindeer poo

A tale of gassy reindeer and psychedelic mushrooms.

Mike Jeffries, Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Dec. 16, 2021 ~5 min

2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections

Sea ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Snow is shifting to rain. And humans worldwide are increasingly feeling the impact of what happens in the seemingly distant Arctic.

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. 14, 2021 ~9 min


Five ways reindeer are perfectly evolved for pulling Santa's sleigh

Millions of years of natural selection have prepared reindeer for Christmas Eve.

Louise Gentle, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 10, 2021 ~6 min

As melting increases, killer whales hang out longer in Arctic Ocean

Killer whales are spending more time lingering in parts of the Arctic Ocean that are increasingly ice-free.

U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 7, 2021 ~5 min

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