…America’s History in the Arctic As the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice thaws, bordering nations are preparing to tap vast energy resources held beneath the Arctic Ocean: about 22% the world’s…
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…America’s History in the Arctic As the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice thaws, bordering nations are preparing to tap vast energy resources held beneath the Arctic Ocean: about 22% the world’s…
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By Lauren Morello of ClimateWire LAUREL, Md. — Climate change is poised to turn the Arctic into a new military frontier, but that doesn’t mean it’s likely thaw out as…
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Recent studies led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists show that the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is not as impermeable as once believed. It is instead leaking the large amounts…
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by Andrew C. Revkin The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the…
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…along Russia’s Arctic coast to Siberia. Now the German-owned ships are poised to complete their journey through the cold waters where icebergs abound, heading for Rotterdam in the Netherlands with…
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…melt. According to NOAA projections, Arctic summers may be completely ice-free by 2030. That is startlingly soon. The prospect of iceless, unregulated Arctic waters opening for trade and military vessels…
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