Warming planet may transform tundra ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources

Experiments show warming temperatures increased metabolic activity among plants and microbial soil

Run-up to Ottawa: Arctic a ‘hemispheric sink’ for chemicals & plastics; 13 million people in region at risk, says report

Document calls for Just Transition framework; reconnecting with traditional values of Arctic indigenous peoples  

When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means

The adaptations that polar bears will have to make to meet the challenges brought about by climate change are numerous and unpredictable

Simply Put: Priorities

Simply Put: Endangered species

In a first, a polar bear has died of avian flu in the Arctic

Ecosystems in polar regions are particularly vulnerable to bird flu because they contain many animals found nowhere else in the world and never …

Climate change unveils new methane source: Groundwater springs of Norway

Emissions to further increase if warming continues, finds study

Land of Fire and Ice: Will the Grindavik eruption in Iceland be another Eyjafjallajokull?

For now, the eruption does not present a threat to life, according to the Icelandic government  

In a first, a polar bear has died of avian flu in the Arctic, confirms Alaska

The animal likely contracted the disease after feeding on infected bird carcass

Troubling picture of Antarctica ice shelves: Study finds 40% volume lost in 25 years

Half of them shrinking with no sign of recovery, about 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater released into oceans

‘1.5°C target far from perfect’: Renewed focus on Paris global warming goal as COP28 nears

Figure was reached at three decades ago; also, different regions warm at their own rates

Arctic could go without ice for first time by 2030 under all emission scenarios: Study

First ice-free day in the Arctic could occur over 10 years earlier than previous projections; frequency of ice-free conditions to increase …

Simply Put: Ice-free Arctic

Marine heatwaves in Arctic shows worrying trend since 2007, marginal seas more vulnerable: Study

Since 2007, 11 marine heatwaves have occurred in the Arctic Ocean

How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences

Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …

World Snow Leopard Day 2023: Time for the enigmatic cat to be recognised as climate adaptation mascot in the Third Pole?

The snow leopard is a resident of High Asia. Its imagery can appeal not just to people there but to those dependent on the cryosphere that the …

Global heating to put 600 million Indians at ‘greatest future risk’: Study

Nearly a billion people could be protected from dangerous heat if countries manage to contain global heating to 1.5C, the threshold of the Paris …

World just had the hottest week; shattered records hint we are in uncharted territory: WMO

We can expect more records to fall as El Nino develops further and these impacts will extend into 2024, says WMO