Tag: Arctic

UN confirms record 38C temperature for the Arctic (Al Jazeera)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) reached in a Siberian town last year was a...

The Polar Silk Road will be cleared with Chinese icebreakers (Jeremy Greenwood, Brookings)

The United States is an Arctic nation. With that status it enjoys unique access to the resources of this rich region — its abundant...

Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw (ESA)

Thawing permafrost in the Arctic is already unleashing methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, exacerbating global temperature rise. As well adding to the...

Change in the Arctic (ESA)

Satellites play a vital role in monitoring the rapid changes taking place in the Arctic. Tracking ice lost from the world’s glaciers, ice sheets...

Orion UAV can perform ice reconnaissance in the Arctic — CEO (TASS)

The cutting-edge Orion unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Kronshtadt will be able to perform ice reconnaissance in the Arctic and the Antarctic, CEO...

Investments under Arctic preferential-terms projects are above $15 billion (TASS)

The wider land borders of the Russian Arctic zone, which were formalized in 2020, and the offered incentives have attracted investors in the Far...

Is China worried about an Arctic choke point? (Jeremy Greenwood, Brookings)

The recent deployment of four Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships to the waters off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands further highlights the growing chessboard of naval...

Arctic. Holding Hope and Grieving Loss in the New Normal of Arctic Climate Change (Victoria Herrmann, Arctic Institute)

Wildfire in the Sakha Republic, within the Arctic Circle, Russia (Lat: 69.21915, Lng: 149.95995) – June 23rd, 2020. Photo: Pierre Markuse When I first began studying...

Norway/Arctic. Norway sets timeline to deploy sub-hunting aircraft in the Arctic (Defense News)

Gerard O'Dwyer Norway’s announcement that it plans to deploy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft to the Arctic in 2022 marks significant progress in the country’s long-term effort...

Arctic – Great Norilsk Expedition finds no pollution in north of Taimyr Peninsula (TASS)

The Great Norilsk Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch did not find external signs of secondary pollution in the north of...

Arctic – Academician points to importance of research into greenhouse gases accumulated in water (TASS)

The study of greenhouse gases, in particular, carbon dioxide, accumulated in water, including in the Arctic, is an important direction to study the exchange...

Arctic/Permafrost/Climate Change – Uranium isotopes may point to fresh water reserves in Pre-Volga region, scientists say (TASS)

TASS writes: Scientific studies into the permafrost thawing will be used to find fresh water in the Pre-Volga region. Specialists from the Laverov Federal...

Arctic/Climate Change – Governing Arctic High Seas Biodiversity (The Arctic Institute)

Margherita Valentina Romani writes: The effects of anthropogenic climate change are significantly affecting the Arctic Ocean’s robust ecosystems and biological diversity. go to The Arctic...

(USA/Arctic) The Department of the Air Force is embarking on two ventures with sweeping implications for the Arctic region

Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori and Iris Ferguson write for Defense News: Few things are easy in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Sandbag barriers hold back the tide of the...

Arctic – Arctic coastal sea ice thinning twice as fast than thought (ESA)

ESA - Arctic coastal sea ice thinning twice as fast than thought

USA/Arctic – US military options to enhance Arctic defense (Brookings)

Timothy Greenhaw, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Rodrick H. McHaty, and Michael Sinclair Despite all the focus on strategic competition in Europe and Asia, one region of the world...