Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and Brigham Young University (BYU), collaborating with Polar Bears International, hope that improving detection tools to locate dens—which are nearly invisible and buried under snow—will help efforts to protect mother polar bears […]
Their food is moving north, but so are industrial fishing fleets DURHAM, N.C. — As rising global temperatures push Arctic icecaps into retreat, large and small sea creatures and the commercial fishing boats that follow them are also migrating northward. This mass migration toward the relatively narrow Bering Strait could lead to more ship collisions […]
Insulating effect of deeper snow is thawing ancient carbon permafrost reserves Human-caused climate change is shortening the snow cover period in the Arctic. But according to U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research led by Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine, some parts of the Arctic are getting deeper snowpack than normal, and that deep snow is […]
The Arctic Circle Assembly will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland on 19-21 October. The Assembly features 700+ speakers in over 200 sessions: Foreign ministers, climate ministers and leaders of scientific institutions, environmental organizations, businesses and Indigenous communities. Throughout the Assembly, there will be a number of receptions, meetings, and exhibitions on a variety of subjects, […]