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Arctic

burning fire forest

Arctic fires: “You have to go to a different planet to find a more persistent type”

By Matt Simon | Analysis, Climate Change

melting sea ice

Human history, in ice. And it’s melting away.

By Miyo McGinn | Analysis, Climate Change

The Trump administration and the art of talking about climate change without using the term

By Matt Field | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Norwegian authorities and a local fisherman helped free this beluga whale from a harness. Credit: Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries.

From Russia with blubber: a beluga whale spy on Arctic patrol?

By Matt Field | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Polar bears hunt for food, mostly seals, from sea ice. Credit: Peter Prokosch/www.grida.no/resources/1975

A warming Arctic, another exhausted polar bear

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Arctic 2030: What are the consequences of climate change?

By Rob Huebert | Uncategorized

Earth’s ice: Sea level, climate, and our future commitment

By Ted Scambos | Uncategorized