US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region
Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest
June 2024
Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say
Study shows population on Arctic island was stable until sudden demise, countering theory of ‘genomic meltdown’
Weatherwatch
Weatherwatch: Scientists discover possible cause of Arctic ‘zombie fires’
Fires, which disappear underground in winter and reignite in spring, may be exacerbated by rapidly heating climate
The age of extinction
Eagle attacks, red invaders and a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes
Captive breeding in Norway has built up numbers endangered by the climate crisis and golden eagles but only a more diverse population will survive in the long term
May 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans
Alaskan rivers turning orange due to climate change, study finds
Terrawatch
Warming climate is turning rivers rusty with toxic metals
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Ice dives, walrus snaps and whale encounters: the man telling extreme stories of an Arctic at risk
April 2024
The Guardian picture essay
Juliette Pavy: Sony World Photographer of the Year 2024
The prestigious Photographer of the Year title has been awarded to Juliette Pavy for her series Spiralkampagnen: Forced Contraception and Unintended Sterilisation of Greenlandic Women
March 2024
Environmental row over ‘last chance tourism’ in Canada’s melting Arctic
Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say
February 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Pumped up: will a Dutch startup’s plan to restore Arctic sea-ice work?
Seascape: the state of our oceans
‘Spoon worms lick the seabed with a metre-long tongue’: a voyage into a vanishing Arctic world
January 2024
Race against time to unlock secrets of Erebus shipwreck and doomed Arctic expedition
Hundreds of discoveries made on Sir John Franklin’s ships, but storm damage makes wrecks increasingly dangerous
It's complicated
How Russia is taking control of the Arctic – video
Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Vladimir Putin is gaining control of the polar region
Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE
Beaver ponds may exacerbate warming in Arctic, scientists say
December 2023
Reindeer noir, the Finnish crime sub-genre influenced by Santa’s home town
Books, films and plays set in Lapland often feature ‘dark humour’ where the landscape is a looming presence
