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Airborne Geophysical Survey Offers New Insight Into Permafrost in Alaska
A pioneering airborne electromagnetic survey in the Yukon Flats near Fort Yukon, Alaska, by the U.S. Geological Survey has yielded unprecedented images of the presence and absence of permafrost to depths of roughly 328 feet. How People Arrived Here:...
Coca-Cola Company And World Wildlife Fund Partner to Protect the Polar Bear’s Home
Beginning next month, white will be the new red. Coca-Cola and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining forces in a bold new campaign to help protect the polar bear’s Arctic home. For the first time ever, Coca-Cola is turning its iconic red cans white...
Study Finds Unprecedented Depletion of Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer Above the Arctic Last Winter And Spring
A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere.
Russia Claims New Arctic Hydrocarbon Finds Effectively Double Nations Reserves
Russia, currently vying for the title of world’s top oil producer with Saudi Arabia, claimed that new findings in its offshore Arctic territories have effectively doubled the nation’s energy reserves.
Arctic Sea Ice Levels Lowest in Recorded History
An analysis by the University of Bremen has show that extreme melting has pushed arctic sea ice levels to the lowest it has ever been in recorded history – and things could get worse. The record of 4.24 square kilometers could be pushed even further....
Arctic Snow Harbors Deadly Assassin
Heavy and prolonged snowfall can bring about unexpected conditions that encourage fungal growth, leading to the death of plants in the Arctic, according to experts. A new international study confirms that whilst snow has an insulating effect which helps...
Stabilizing Greenhouse Gas Emissions May Reduce Projected Losses of Arctic Sea-Ice And Polar Bear Habitat
Sea-ice habitats essential to polar bears would likely respond positively should more curbs be placed on global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new modeling study published today in the journal, Nature.
Russia And Canada Agree to Use UN Convention to Resolve Dispute Over the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean
Russia and Canada have agreed to resolve a dispute over the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean based on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the two countries’ foreign ministers said on Thursday. How People Arrived Here: lomonosov ridge dispute
