ARCTIC TODAY — For more than 10,000 years, dogs have been an integral part of Arctic culture. They have guided sleds across frozen seas, barked warnings of polar bears and sniffed out seal breathing holes.
ARCTIC TODAY — A difference of half a degree Celsius would make a huge difference in the future of the Arctic. A carbon sequestration project in Iceland offers hope of keeping warming under control.
BIOGRAPHIC — Battling rising seas and creeping asphalt, scientists race to save two endangered species.
ARCTIC TODAY — Most of Canada’s Arctic glaciers are shrinking — and some are already gone. Researchers in two separate studies documented dramatic changes beginning in the 1990s after decades of stability.
SCIENCE — Funding sources are often insufficient to cover expenses, limiting scientists from understanding how Arctic ecosystems are responding to climate change.
