The Russian invasion of Ukraine is biasing predictions of how the Arctic will respond to climate change, according to a team of international scientists, including one from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Their study, published Monday, January 22 in Nature Climate Change, compared the ability of Earth systems models to estimate the effects of climate change […]
U.S. President Joe Biden implored Congress on Wednesday to approve more arms aid to Ukraine, saying that failing to pass the assistance would be the “greatest gift” the United States could hand Russian President Vladimir Putin in Putin’s nearly two-year war against the neighboring country. At the same time, the U.S. Defense Department announced new […]
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine, with 17 of the unmanned vehicles directed to locations in northern, central and western Ukraine, Ukraine’s air force said Saturday. The Ukrainian air force said it was able to shoot down 15 of the 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones. It was not clear what happened to the two […]
The former Russian president and current deputy Security Council chair warned of “global nuclear fire” should Ukraine take back regions illegally annexed by Moscow. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the current deputy chair of the nation’s Security Council, threatened to wage nuclear war if Ukraine’s counteroffensive to repel Russian invaders and reclaim territories they occupy […]