Arctic

Biden Approves ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project to Drill Oil in the Alaskan Arctic

Despite the administration’s announcement of new protections for other North Slope and coastal areas of the state, environmentalists roundly criticized Monday’s decision.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Aman Azhar

This Arctic US Air Base Has Its Eyes on Russia. But Climate is a Bigger Threat

By Natasha Maki Jessen-Petersen

Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’

By Bob Berwyn

Biden Administration Allows Controversial Arctic Oil Project to Proceed

By Nicholas Kusnetz

New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later

By Charlie Miller

One of the World’s Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it’s Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say

By Bob Berwyn

Despite Misunderstandings, Scientists and Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Have Collaborated on Research Into Mercury Pollution

By Myriam Vidal

Wildfire Pollution May Play a Surprising Role in the Fate of Arctic Sea Ice

By Bob Berwyn

The Biden Administration Rethinks its Approach to Drilling on Public Lands in Alaska, Soliciting Further Review

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Beavers Are Flooding the Warming Alaskan Arctic, Threatening Fish, Water and Indigenous Traditions

By David Hasemyer

ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Alaska’s Dalton Highway Is Threatened by Climate Change and Facing a Highly Uncertain Future

By David Hasemyer

Unleashed by Warming, Underground Debris Fields Threaten to ‘Crush’ Alaska’s Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth

By Marianne Lavelle

Warming Trends: Where Have All the Walruses Gone? Plus, a Maple Mystery, ‘Cool’ Islands and the Climate of Manhattan

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Polar Bears Are Suffering from the Arctic’s Loss of Sea Ice. So Is Scientists’ Ability to Study Them

By David Hasemyer

In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America

By Bob Berwyn

Warming Trends: Climate Clues Deep in the Ocean, Robotic Bee Hives and Greenland’s Big Melt

By Katelyn Weisbrod, Bob Berwyn