Arctic
US woos Greenland with financial aid package & first consulate in...
US woos Greenland with financial aid package & first consulate in 50 years – because Russia
23 Apr, 2020
The US has gifted a $12.1 million...
TWICE as powerful: Russia to build new monster nuclear icebreaker for...
23 Apr, 2020
The world's most powerful nuclear icebreaker is set to be built in Russia – again. The new vessel, to be delivered in...
Environmental groups take Norway to Supreme Court over Arctic oil
24 February 2020
Two environmental groups said on Monday they were trying to take the Norwegian state to the Supreme Court for granting oil licences...
The Zombie Diseases of Climate Change
What lurks in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost?
by Robinson Meyer
November 6, 2017
From the air, the coast of Greenland appears vast and tranquil. Hundreds of...
Polar Bears in Arctic Forced to Feed on Plastic
27 November 2019
“Exceeding a certain percentage threshold means that the animals will begin to die,” warned the expert.
A quarter of what polar bears eat...
Biosphere Collapse?
by Robert Hunziker
December 19, 2019
Five years ago: Nations of the world met in Paris to draft a climate agreement that was subsequently accepted by...
Destroying life in Earth: the case of Greenland
Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s
Scale and speed of loss much higher than predicted, threatening inundation for hundreds of millions...
Polar Bears’ Diet Is 25% Plastic, Russian Scientists Say
Nov. 26, 2019
Plastic waste makes up one-quarter of polar bears’ diet as climate change pushes them closer to human settlements, Russian scientists...
New Arctic partnership announces construction of 17 icebreaking LNG tankers
A joint venture set up by Novatek and Sovcomflot will develop and run a powerful new fleet of Arctic carriers.
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Arctic fires: “You have to go to a different planet to...
By Matt Simon
July 31, 2019
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Here’s a sentence for...