Arctic
Wildfire Pollution May Play a Surprising Role in the Fate of Arctic Sea Ice
By Bob Berwyn
The Biden Administration Rethinks its Approach to Drilling on Public Lands in Alaska, Soliciting Further Review
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Beavers Are Flooding the Warming Alaskan Arctic, Threatening Fish, Water and Indigenous Traditions
By David Hasemyer
ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Alaska’s Dalton Highway Is Threatened by Climate Change and Facing a Highly Uncertain Future
By David Hasemyer
Unleashed by Warming, Underground Debris Fields Threaten to ‘Crush’ Alaska’s Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline
By David Hasemyer
‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
By Marianne Lavelle
Warming Trends: Where Have All the Walruses Gone? Plus, a Maple Mystery, ‘Cool’ Islands and the Climate of Manhattan
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Polar Bears Are Suffering from the Arctic’s Loss of Sea Ice. So Is Scientists’ Ability to Study Them
By David Hasemyer
In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America
By Bob Berwyn
Warming Trends: Climate Clues Deep in the Ocean, Robotic Bee Hives and Greenland’s Big Melt
By Katelyn Weisbrod, Bob Berwyn
A Federal Judge’s Rejection of a Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project is the Latest Reversal of Trump Policy
By Georgina Gustin
Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat
By David Hasemyer
Ice Dam Bursts Threaten to Increase Sunny Day Floods as Hotter Temperatures Melt Glaciers
By Haley Dunleavy
New Climate Research From a Year-Long Arctic Expedition Raises an Ozone Alarm in the High North
By Bob Berwyn
In Two Opposite Decisions on Alaska Oil Drilling, Biden Walks a Difficult Path in Search of Bipartisanship
By Marianne Lavelle
