Stranded Cruise Ship Shows Risks of More Traffic in Hard-to-Reach Arctic Waters September 14, 2023 By Danielle Bochove and Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir The grounding of a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Greenland on Monday highlighted the irony of touring the...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re June 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to...
Climate Change Exacerbates Extreme Weather in Europe: Report April 25, 2022 By John Ainger Climate change produced another record-breaking year of extreme weather in Europe in 2021, triggering catastrophic flooding and the hottest summer...
Thawing Permafrost Could Damage Up to 50% of Arctic Infrastructure: Report January 12, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50% of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens...
Arctic Region Broke Heat Record in 2020, U.N. Agency Confirms December 15, 2021 An Arctic temperature record of more than 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) was reached in a Siberian town last year during...
Warming Arctic Permafrost Will Make It Harder to Curb Climate Change: Study May 18, 2021 By Timothy Gardner The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires...
Russia Vulnerable to Climate Change, Causing Expensive Natural Disasters April 14, 2021 By Olga Tanas and Dina Khrennikova The residents of Irkutsk, one of Russia’s coldest regions, are used to harsh winters. But when the temperature dropped to...
Unprecedented Arctic Diesel Spill Angers Putin and Could Force Green Reform in Russia June 11, 2020 By Yuliya Fedorinova, Ilya Arkhipov and Olga Tanas The mishandling of the biggest Arctic oil spill ever infuriated Russian President Vladimir Putin and could give a boost to...
Major Fuel Spill in Russian Arctic Moves Closer to Arctic Ocean: Regional Official June 10, 2020 Diesel fuel from a major spill in Russia’s Arctic has reached a pristine lake which is the basin for a...
Massive Fuel Spill in Siberia Blamed on Melting Permafrost – or Climate Change June 4, 2020 By Yuliya Fedorinova A massive fuel spill in Siberia prompted Russia to declare a state of emergency in the region as the mining...