The Arctic Has Long Been a Carbon-Capture Giant, but That’s Starting to Change
The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...
U.S., Canadian jets scrambled as Russian warplanes spotted in the Arctic
A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were ...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...
Russian Nuclear Icebreaker and Cargo Ship Collide in Arctic
One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.
NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small ...
'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought
The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the ...
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A third of the Arctic is now a greenhouse gas emitter, Mass. study finds
A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...
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Earth's Arctic region has flipped and now emits more carbon than it stores
For millennia, the Arctic-boreal zone has acted as a critical carbon reservoir, locking away vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...