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Celebration of the 2020-2023 election period of the Sámi assemblies in 17 June 2022. Image by Kevin J. Francett / Kajastus Creative / Sámediggi Saamelaiskäräjät (the Sámi Parliament) via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Finland’s debate over Indigenous identity and rights turns ugly

John Last 21 Feb 2023
An Arctic fox.

Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities

Sean Mowbray 10 Jan 2023
A sea butterfly (Limacina helicina) whose shell has been weakened by ocean acidification. (NOAA Photo Library, CC-BY-2.0)

Melting ice created the perfect storm for a rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean

Luis Melecio-Zambrano 7 Dec 2022
Arctic sea ice melts.

Arctic sea ice loss to increase strong El Niño events linked to extreme weather: Study

Alec Luhn 24 Oct 2022

2022: Another consequential year for the melting Arctic

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2022
Narwhal image by Газпром нефть via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The mystery of narwhal behavior, solved by chaos theory

Liz Kimbrough 23 Sep 2022

Second oil company exits Arctic amid fierce Indigenous opposition, energy squeeze

Laurel Sutherland 7 Sep 2022

With sea ice melting, glacial ice could be a lifeline for polar bears

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2022

Traditional knowledge guides protection of planetary health in Finland

Jane Palmer 31 Mar 2022

Multiyear ice thinner than thought as Arctic sea ice reaches winter max: Studies

Alec Luhn 22 Mar 2022

Keep polar bears and their extensive range safe from oil drilling (Commentary)

Steve Blackledge and Dyani Chapman 8 Oct 2021

Researchers express alarm as Arctic multiyear sea ice hits record low

Gloria Dickie 17 Sep 2021

Nine principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (commentary)

Cara Nelson, Jim Hallett 15 Jul 2021

As Arctic warms, scientists wrestle with its climate ‘tipping point’

Conrad Fox 15 Jul 2021

As Arctic melt sets early July record, hard times lie ahead for ice: Studies

Gloria Dickie 8 Jul 2021

Absorbent and yellow and … mobile? Sea sponges on the move in Arctic Ocean

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 May 2021

Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary

Gloria Dickie 29 Apr 2021

Reversing warming quickly could prevent worst climate change effects: Study

Claire Asher 28 Apr 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

As Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum, concern grows over polar ice loss: Studies

Gloria Dickie 16 Mar 2021
Even if snowfall rates returned to those of the 1980s, the ice sheet would continue to shrink. Image credit: Michalea King.

The glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are running away

Nikk Ogasa 2 Dec 2020
Banner image of a caribou calf in the archive study area by Karsten Heuer.

A warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows

Liz Kimbrough 9 Nov 2020
Caribou calf. Photo © Xavier Fernandez Aguilar

Ice breakers in the Arctic: Let’s talk Inuit safety (commentary)

Martin Robards and Beverly Maksagak 3 Nov 2020

Brave New Arctic: Sea ice has yet to form off of Siberia, worrying scientists

Sharon Guynup 26 Oct 2020

Arctic Sea ice melts to second-place finish at annual minimum

Gloria Dickie 21 Sep 2020

Narwhals beware: Killer whales are on the rise in the Arctic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jul 2020

New study quantifies impact of hunting on migratory shorebird populations

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2020

Siberian heat drives Arctic ice extent to record low for early July

Gloria Dickie 10 Jul 2020

Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?

Gloria Dickie 8 Jun 2020

Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought: Studies

Shanna Hanbury 11 May 2020

Game changer? Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts: Study

Gloria Dickie 1 Apr 2020

Arctic permafrost moving toward crisis, abrupt thaw a growing risk: Studies

Gloria Dickie 18 Mar 2020

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