Belugas adopt toothy whale lost in Canadian waters
A lonely narwhal that strayed far from its Arctic habitat has apparently found a new family in a pod of belugas in Canada's Saint Lawrence River, a marine conservation group said Thursday.
Sep 14, 2018
in
Wetlands are key for accurate greenhouse gas measurements in the Arctic
The Arctic is rapidly warming, with stronger effects than observed elsewhere in the world. The Arctic regions are particularly important with respect to climate change, as permafrost soils store huge amounts of the Earth's ...
Coastal erosion in the Arctic intensifies global warming
The loss of Arctic permafrost deposits by coastal erosion could amplify climate warming via the greenhouse effect. A study using sediment samples from the Sea of Okhotsk on the eastern coast of Russia led by AWI researchers ...
As ice recedes, the Arctic isn't prepared for more shipping traffic
I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research-cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a remote region of the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Arctic. Fortunately, none of the 102 passengers ...
Can social media networks reduce political polarization on climate change?
Social media networks, which often foster partisan antagonism, may also offer a solution to reducing political polarization, according to new findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from ...
Extreme weather in Europe linked to less sea ice and warming in the Barents Sea
Yueng-Djern Lenn, Bangor University; Benjamin Barton, Bangor University, and Camille Lique, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer)
'Archived' heat has reached deep into the Arctic interior, researchers say
Arctic sea ice isn't just threatened by the melting of ice around its edges, a new study has found: Warmer water that originated hundreds of miles away has penetrated deep into the interior of the Arctic.
Peat expansion in the Arctic tundra could play a role in cooling a warming planet
Could studying the peat moss that grows in the Arctic Tundra help mitigate the impacts of climate change?
Many Arctic pollutants decrease after market removal and regulation
Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to an international team of researchers who have been actively monitoring the northern regions ...
Study shows indigenous Canadian Arctic people's textiles predated European contact
A new study by Brown University researchers shows that the Dorset and Thule people—ancestors of today's Inuit—created spun yarn some 500 to 1,000 years before Vikings arrived in North America. The finding, made possible ...
