arctic, Tag

By Jo Nova Kap København is almost the closest point there is to the North Pole on dry land.

Children need to be allowed to learn without being used as pawns in an adult political battle.

With ice coverage for July and August remaining above the 10-year average of 2010-20, the extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic has surprised experts who once predicted that such levels would be impossible.

The ice cover in September will be with a great probability in the range of the last years, i.e. between 4 and 5 million square kilometers.

From the NoTricksZone By Kenneth Richard on 7. July 2022 A new study (Gupta et al., 2022) indicates that from 2000-2019 73% of the 15 sites considered have been cooling and 67% have…

Guest “For peat’s sake!” by David Middleton Are new carbon sinks appearing in the Arctic? 5.5.2022 Helsingin yliopisto Global warming can result in the spread of peatland vegetation in the…

Sweden’s ‘green transformation’ promises to help Europe fight the climate crisis. So why is it uniting radical environmentalists, ecologists and Sami reindeer herders in protest?

Overall, nothing spectacular in terms of change compared to last few years: still lots of ice for polar bears to hunt upon for newborn seals, which they will be doing now in almost all regions.

Unlike other aspects of its behavior, Antarctic sea ice is just following simple rules of physics.

Scientists (and journalists) that use those terms might be better off keeping a lid on their opinions until they have real data to confirm their “unprecedented” claims...

The latest wave of climate deniers claim green schemes are ‘unaffordable’. Success stories from around Europe prove that’s not true

Melting permafrost will play a major role in shaping Earth's future. Recent research published in Nature Communications has established that alpine permafrost will melt much faster than arctic permafrost under current...

Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed. 

The hope is that using measurements from a combination of platforms will help scientists create a fuller picture of changes at the poles, where permafrost is thawing the fastest.

Engineers and miners work short stints in the wretched Siberian cold to extract gas – Putin’s trump card against Europe. Photojournalist Justin Jin was granted unprecedented access during several visits over the last...