There are at least 180,000 archaeological sites in the Arctic. Many are already being lost to climate change – virtually all of them are vulnerable. Read more >
An old whaling site on Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Adam Markham
Rapid Warming is Creating a Crisis for Arctic Archaeology
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
June 29, 2018 10:47 AM EDT
Unseasonably Warm Arctic Winter is Thawing Alaska and May Be Linked to Nor’easters
Brenda Ekwurzel, senior climate scientist
March 19, 2018 3:07 PM EDT
The northernmost city in the U.S. – Utqiaġvik (formerly called Barrow), Alaska – had record warm temperatures this winter. Perhaps the biggest shocker though, was that the North Pole went above freezing this winter (20 to 30 degrees Celsius or 36 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit above average). This shift in temperature impacts the weather outside of the Arctic. Read more >
People take in the King Tide spectacle on Boston's Long Wharf, Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Credit: Andrew Hintlian
King Tide’s Gift: Gentle Awakenings to a Rapidly Changing World
Erika Spanger-Siegfried, senior analyst, Climate & Energy Program
October 24, 2016 4:14 PM EDT
If this is how we on the coasts get accustomed to living in a climate-changed world—literally “getting our feet wet”—I think we can count ourselves lucky. Because there are much harsher ways to wake up to our changing world. Read more >
President Obama in Alaska: The Science Shows the Time to Act on Climate is Now
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
September 1, 2015 5:42 PM EDT
President Obama’s speech to the GLACIER conference on Arctic leadership in Anchorage yesterday signaled just how seriously he takes the need to act on climate change. His starkest warning was that “On this issue, of all issues, there is such a thing as being too late. That moment is almost upon us.” Read more >
6 Ways Climate Change in Alaska Will Affect You
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
August 31, 2015 11:25 AM EDT
You already know that rapid loss of Arctic glaciers and ice sheets is helping to speed up the sea level rise that is causing worsening coastal flooding in communities from Maine to Miami. And you probably even know that warming in the Arctic seems to be driving changes to the weather patterns elsewhere on the globe. (If both these things have passed you by, you need to read the recent blog by my colleague Brenda Ekwurzel.) Read more >
