Arctic

'This Is a Big Deal': Goldman Sachs Rules Out Funding New Coal Projects, Arctic Oil Drilling

Deep Trouble for Arctic and Beyond: NOAA Climate Report Warns of Feedback Loop That 'May Already Be Underway'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 14th annual Arctic Report Card includes a section that features commentary from Indigenous Peoples living along the Bering Sea. (Photo: NOAA/YouTube)

"If this were an annual health check-up, I think we'd have to say that the Arctic is chronically sick and getting worse."

In Twist of Climate Crisis, Study Finds Extreme Arctic Snowfall in 2018 Caused Near 'Complete Reproductive Failure of Plants and Animals'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The Zackenberg valley in Northeast Greenland, summer 2018. Huge amounts of snow still covered the ground in late June, where the snow-covered season usually is coming to an end. (Photo: Lars Holst Hansen)

"2018 may offer a peep into the future, where increased climatic variability may push the arctic species to—and potentially beyond—their limits."

'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Researchers capture methane leaking from the seafloor in the Arctic. (Photo: National Academy of Sciences)

The lead researcher said that "this is the most powerful" methane seep he has ever seen. "No one has ever recorded anything similar."

UN Climate Report on Oceans, Frozen Regions Warns 'Unprecedented Transitions in All Aspects of Society' Needed to Sustain Life on Earth

To Stop the Worst Effects of the Climate Crisis, Report Says 'The Level of Ambition Needs to be Tripled'—At Minimum

Tipping Point: UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Burning of Amazon Could Lead to 'Cascading Collapse of Natural Systems'

Global Temps Continue to Soar Upward as NOAA Confirms July 2019 Was Hottest Month Since Records Began in 1880

'This Is Crazy': Scientists Alarmed as Lightning Near North Pole Seen as Latest Sign of Climate Breakdown

'We Urgently Need to Change Our Way of Living,' Experts Warn as Heat Wave Causes Historic Ice Melt in Greenland

US Eyeing Militarization of Antarctic as Well as Arctic

'We Are in a Climate Emergency' Warn Experts and AOC as Greenland Ice Sheet Faces Possible Record-Breaking Melting

Satellite Images Ignite Alarm Over 'Unprecedented' Scale and Planet-Heating Emissions of Raging Arctic Wildfires

$A view of Akademik Lomonosov, a floating nuclear power unit, its hull painted at the Atomflot base; being part of a floating nuclear power station, the vessel belongs to a new class of energy sources based on Russian nuclear shipbuilding technologies. (Photo: Lev Fedoseyev\TASS via Getty Images)$

'Chernobyl on Ice': Nuclear Plant Barge Headed Across Arctic Circle

'Canary in the Coal Mine': Experts Warn of Climate Tipping Point as Scientists Find Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Ahead of Schedule

'This Should Scare the Hell Out of You': Photo of Greenland Sled Dog Teams Walking on Melted Water Goes Viral

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Pressure Mounts on Oil Companies and Banks to Reject Arctic Drilling
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At Annual Meetings, Banks and Oil Companies to Face Questions About Arctic Drilling
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Statement: The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act Is the Strong Step We Need to Protect the Crown Jewel of Our Wildlife Refuge System
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Restore Protections to the Arctic Refuge
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Interior Pushes Forward Irresponsible Arctic Offshore Drilling Project
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Trump Administration Approves Offshore Oil Drilling Project in Arctic

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