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

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)

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

methane seep

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

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Describing scientists' latest warnings as "chilling and compelling,"...

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

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

The Greenland ice sheet may melt at a pace that could break records set in 2012 this year as a heatwave from Europe turns north.

The new U.N. report referencing increasing impacts of the climate crisis...

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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

Greenland's southwestern coastline

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

View of China's military base in the King George island, in Antarctica, on March 13, 2014.

US Eyeing Militarization of Antarctic as Well as Arctic

The Greenland ice sheet may melt at a pace that could break records set in 2012 this year as a heatwave from Europe turns north.

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

Several wildfires between about 57°N and 70°N

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.

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

A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska.

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

A team from the Danish Meteorological Institute travels across the melted sea ice to retrieve equipment. Photograph: Steffen M Olsen/Twitter

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

The Sawyer Glacier in Alaska, July 2016. The Arctic is enduring unprecedented warming this year, affecting Alaska and Greenland specifically.

'The Changes Are Really Accelerating': Alaska at Record Warm While Greenland Sees Major Ice Melt

Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Ecological Importance and Human Rights Be Damned, Trump Admin Says Fossil Fuel Pillaging in Arctic Refuge Coming Soon

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Elegy For the Arctic

Fires are raging, ice is melting. In a bid to save the singular "purity and fragility" of the rapidly-melting Arctic ice - and in support of eight million voices calling for its protection - Greenpeace has released a video of renowned Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi performing on a floating platform before Norway's Wahlenbergbreen glacier, cracking and groaning even as he plays - a haunting reminder of what's at stake.

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Sierra Club

Pressure Mounts on Oil Companies and Banks to Reject Arctic Drilling

Sierra Club

At Annual Meetings, Banks and Oil Companies to Face Questions About Arctic Drilling

Environment America

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

Sierra Club

Interior Pushes Forward Irresponsible Arctic Offshore Drilling Project

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Approves Offshore Oil Drilling Project in Arctic

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David Suzuki, Rachel Plotkin

Connecting the Dots Between the Climate and Biodiversity Crises

Michael Klare

The Pompeo Doctrine: A Formula for Catastrophe in the Arctic

John Atcheson

What Corporate Media and the Neoliberal Establishment Can't Admit About the Climate Emergency

Chloe Zilliac

Will Antarctic Ice Doom Us All?

Andy Rowell

Arctic Warming & Climate Change 'Should Be the Number One Urgent Conversation Right Now'

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Rapid Warming Deserves More Than a Lukewarm Response

Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Subhankar Banerjee, Finis Dunaway, & Norma Kassi

Arctic Refuge Protectors: An Open Letter from Teachers and Scholars

Andy Rowell

2018 Starts With “Record Lows In Arctic Sea Ice Extent”

Andy Rowell

The Arctic – Our Climate Canary in the Coal Mine – Issues Further Warnings

Subhankar Banerjee

The Last Oil: Gathering to Resist Trump’s Reckless Arctic Energy Policy