Arctic

As an Oil Rig Topples in the Alaskan Arctic and Ignites a Fire, Exploration There Continues

A rig fell over onto the tundra as it was on its way to drill in ConocoPhillips’ winter exploration program. Opponents of the plan warned it was rushed and lacked adequate environmental protections.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Greenland

By Johnny Sturgeon

New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’

By Bob Berwyn

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species

By Kiley Price

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition

By Keerti Gopal

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns

By Teresa Tomassoni

After Trump Cut the National Science Foundation by 56 Percent, a Venerable Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors

By Lisa Sorg

An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says

By Bob Berwyn

Melting on the Arctic’s Svalbard Islands Shows the Climate Future Is Now

By Bob Berwyn

Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis

By Matt Simon, Grist

Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Trump Officials Visit Alaska as Interior Department Pushes Proposal Rescinding Biden-era Arctic Protections

By Kate Furby