Russia | India (NewsVoir) In 2022, Russia continued implementing the programme of its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, whose cross-cutting theme is ‘Responsible Governance for a Sustainable Arctic’. Russia hosted 43 events in such key areas of cooperation as supporting the Arctic population, including the Indigenous peoples of theContinue Reading
Like the apocryphal frog that doesn’t notice the rising water temperature until it’s boiled alive, we as a global society are still struggling to recognise that anthropic global warming is hastening us towards irreversible environmental and ecological catastrophe. While there is consensus among climate scientists about the urgency of theContinue Reading
A curious baby reindeer calmly grazed in our plot. The whole family did not seem to be shy of humans at all. Lena Bakker, Sigrid Trier Kjaer, Jana Rüthers When people think of the Arctic, most people think of an icy or rocky place with sparse vegetation, if any. ButContinue Reading
Placeholder while article actions load For residents of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, the United States’ recent success in clinching a major piece of climate change legislation may feel like too little, too late. Over the past 40 years, as the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouses gases repeatedly failedContinue Reading
French amphibious assault ship Dixmude sails through a fjord near Harstad, Norway during the joint exercise Cold Response 2022. Photo: NATO Flickr In a very timely move, France just went from its 2016 Arctic Roadmap – detailing its core interests in the region – to its first standalone polar strategyContinue Reading
As Canada’s Arctic continues to accumulate plastic, and climate change takes its toll on northern environments and communities, experts have evidence to suggest each threat is exacerbating the other, according to a recent paper published in Nature this month. As climate change affects temperatures and water patterns, says the review,Continue Reading
BREMERHAVEN, Germany — Plastic pollution in the Arctic is as bad as anywhere else on Earth, warns a new study. Debris from fabrics, personal care products, packaging and other everyday materials is flooding the pristine wilderness. Carried north by waves, winds and rivers, there are high concentrations of these plastic items andContinue Reading
Even the High North can’t escape the global threat of plastic pollution. An international review study just released by the Alfred Wegener Institute shows, the flood of plastic has reached all spheres of the Arctic: large quantities of plastic — transported by rivers, the air and shipping- can now beContinue Reading
Plastics Europe. Plastics — the Facts 2020: An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data (Plastics Europe, 2020). Borrelle, S. B. et al. Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution. Science 369, 1515–1518 (2020). Google Scholar Brahney, J. et al. Constraining the atmospheric limbContinue Reading
In the pristine expanse of Alaska’s interior lies a dirty secret: some of the most polluted winter air in the United States can be found in and around Fairbanks. The Fairbanks North Star Borough, which includes Alaska’s second largest city, routinely exceeds limits set by the US Environmental ProtectionContinue Reading
