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From cryosphere to blogosphere, sea ice enthusiasts track Arctic melt

Gloria Dickie 26 Jun 2017

As Arctic sea ice shows record decline, scientists prepare to go blind

Gloria Dickie 25 May 2017

Microalgae genes help them adapt to harsh oceans, other species less lucky

Maxine Chen 17 May 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Sea ice extent tumbles around both poles in November

John Cannon 7 Dec 2016

400-year-old Greenland shark might be oldest vertebrate on Earth

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

The ‘raven’ whale: scientists uncover new beaked whale

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2016

From buying tech to building it

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 29 Jan 2016
Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the future site of the hydroelectric dam. The falls will be flooded in 2017. Photo by Amina Schartup.

New dams may expose Canadian seafood consumers to higher levels of neurotoxin

Emily Benson 23 Nov 2015

Shell ends Arctic oil bid

Rebecca Kessler 28 Sep 2015

Surprise! Animals are active and plentiful during harsh, dark Arctic winters

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Arctic sea ice reached fourth lowest extent on record this summer

Mike Gaworecki 17 Sep 2015

Linking environmental and animal movement data sets: how the Movebank Env-DATA System helps to explain snowy owl foraging behavior

Katie Taylor 24 Aug 2015

Arctic countries prohibit commercial fishing in North Pole

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2015

Timber company says it will destroy logging roads to protect tigers

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Jul 2015

Arctic Ocean acidifies, threatening food web and major fisheries

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 14 Jul 2015

U.S. gov’t gives conditional approval for offshore Arctic drilling

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 May 2015

The great Arctic decline: another sea ice record broken

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2015

Arctic upheaval: new book outlines challenges at the top of the world

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2015

For the first time, Sea Shepherd targets Antarctic toothfish poachers

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2014

The only solution for polar bears: ‘stop the rise in CO2 and other greenhouse gases’

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 8 Oct 2014

Throng of 35,000 walruses is largest ever recorded on land, sign of warming arctic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Oct 2014

‘We will win this war’: Yeb Saño speaks out on global warming

Brandi Morin 17 Sep 2014

Scientists can now accurately count polar bears…from space

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2014

Climate change’s ominous secret

Larry Kraft 21 May 2014

31 activists arrested attempting to stop Arctic oil from docking in Europe

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2014

From seals to starfish: polar bears radically shift diet as habitat melts

Andrew Mann 7 Apr 2014

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

Europe votes for an Arctic Sanctuary

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2014

Ocean acidifying 10 times faster than anytime in the last 55 million years, putting polar ecosystems at risk

Claire Salisbury 24 Feb 2014

Alaska roasting: new NASA map shows the Final Frontier in grip of January heatwave

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2014

Shell drops plans to drill in the Arctic for now

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2014

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