Climate change is definitely not a competition, but if it were, arctic tundra and boreal forests would be crushing it by getting hotter and changing faster than the rest of the world. Read more >
Winning at Climate Change: an Arctic and Boreal Story
Carly Phillips, Kendall Science Fellow
June 10, 2019 3:39 PM EDT
Trump Administration Outdoes Itself on Climate Change Denial, Insists Arctic Warming is Good
Joel Clement, Former fellow
May 9, 2019 9:17 AM EDT
Leave it to the Trump administration to detonate the Arctic Council. normally a paragon of congeniality. Read more >
The prairie pothole region is home to 50% of North America's waterfowl, but a climate threshold exists where they might not survive a 2°C warming. Photo: USFWS
Half a Degree of Warming Could be the Difference Between Survival and Extinction for Many Species
Adam Markham, Deputy director, Climate & Energy
October 9, 2018 4:47 PM EDT
As a conservationist who has been ringing the alarm bells on climate change threats to biodiversity for more than 25 years, I hardly know where to start in responding to the findings of the newest, and most alarming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of a 1.5°Celsius global warming. I’m not surprised that the IPPC delivers more bad news after reviewing more than 6,000 recent scientific reports, but I am surprised by just how bad the news is.
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
June 29, 2018 10:47 AM EDT
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 >
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 >
