China is aiming to work more closely with Russia in the future in the Arctic region. The plan is reportedly to create a new “Polar Silk Road” to complement the existing “belt and road” plans further south.
Peak truth has probably arrived, or nearly so — many cultural observers will note that almost any topic discussed nowadays seems to quickly devolve into an us/them, in/out sort of dynamic where the truth doesn’t actually matter, but rather being the one that’s “right” or that gets the strongest reaction is what’s important.
The Arctic region experienced its second-warmest year (by air temperature) and its lowest winter sea ice extent on record in 2017, according to the 12th edition of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card.
The melting of the Arctic region will very possibly result in a further drying out of California, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications.
It seems that the Canadian agricultural lobby has decided to begin kickstarting efforts to “develop” the far north, with the help of the Canadian government (unsurprisingly, since the efforts won’t be successful without subsidies).
In many parts of the world, the oil industry reigns supreme. Or nearly so — influencing everything from political decisions, to cultural moments, to the quality of the food you eat and the air you breathe.
While Norway has something of a reputation internationally as being “progressive” and “green,” the country’s well fed economy and society is largely the result of a highly productive fossil fuel extraction industry.
The first portion of the 2017 Hudson Bay System Study in the Arctic, part of the 2017 Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen Expedition, has been cancelled due to climate change–induced hazardous sea ice conditions.
Enormous methane expulsions from the Arctic Ocean’s seafloor some 12,000 years ago created hundreds of kilometers-wide craters in the region — which are apparently still to this day leaking large amounts of methane — according to new research published in the journal Science.
The Arctic sea ice death spiral continues at pace, with April 2017 tying April 2016 for lowest Arctic sea ice extent ever (for an April). To be more specific, every day of April 2017 either set a new record low for Arctic sea ice extent or came within 36,000 square miles of doing so.
