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The End of Canada’s Geographical Naivete

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig May 19, 2025 With a threatening and unpredictable U.S. to the south and a mining scramble in the Arctic, Canada struggles in a new security landscape. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Environment

Norway Pumps the Brakes on Deep-Sea Mining in the Arctic — for Now

Gautama Mehta / Grist Dec 16, 2024 The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean’s riches. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Does Talking About Climate ‘Tipping Points’ Inspire Action, or Defeat?

Kate Yoder / Grist Dec 11, 2024 The phrase grabs people's attention, but some scientists argue it does more harm than good. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

The Value of Indigenous Knowledge in Permafrost Research

Meral Jamal / Undark Jan 11, 2024 In the Canadian Arctic, two ambitious research initiatives try to strengthen climate data through community engagement. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

World War III Could Be Fought in the Arctic

Michael Klare / TomDispatch Feb 10, 2020 As climate change accelerates and our biosphere begins to collapse, superpowers will jockey for access to the ice cap's natural resources. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Scariest Climate Stories Emerging From the Arctic

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 11, 2019 The NOAA's annual report on the Arctic contains some terrifying findings. Here are just 5 of the most worrying ones. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Arctic’s Oldest Ice Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 24, 2019 There’s change afoot even where scientists least expect it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

House Votes to Bar Arctic Drilling; Senate Action Unlikely

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Sep 12, 2019 Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, calls the Democratic bill "a sham," and says, "this is not a wilderness area." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Latest Signs We Are Cooking the Planet and Ourselves

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jul 3, 2019 Things are getting noticeably harder and hotter due to climate change, and the worst part is, we are doing this to ourselves. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Judge Restores Obama-Era Drilling Ban in Arctic

SUDHIN THANAWALA / The Associated Press Mar 30, 2019 President Trump did not have authority to lift restrictions on exploration in most Arctic and some Atlantic ocean lease areas, a ruling says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Arctic Ocean Could Soon Be Ice-Free

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 9, 2019 Sunlit skies and bright blue water could come earlier to the Arctic—much earlier, thanks to a distant Pacific climate wobble. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plastic Particles Infest the Arctic

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 28, 2018 Tiny bits have been found in every sample of Arctic sea ice collected. But the ice can only hold these indestructible pollutants for so long. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )