‘Changes In the Heart of Winter’: NOAA Report Documents Warmest Arctic Year on Record

‘Changes In the Heart of Winter’: NOAA Report Documents Warmest Arctic Year on Record

“After 20 years of continuous reporting, the Report Card stands as a chronicle of change and a caution for what the future will bring,” report contributors said. The Arctic just experienced its warmest air temperatures on record between October 2024 and September 2025 as the climate crisis dramatically alters the region, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found in […]

Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status

Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status

“There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,” said an attorney at the ACLU of Northern California. Federal law enforcement agencies are detaining US citizens who do not carry proof of their citizenship in what civil rights advocates describe as a flagrant violation of constitutional rights—and a […]

Recent tundra fires ‘exceed anything in past 3,000 years’

Recent tundra fires ‘exceed anything in past 3,000 years’

Wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences. The study was conducted in Arctic Alaska by an international team of researchers from Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania and the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field […]