In Russia’s remote Dikson settlement in the Arctic region, veterinarians have rescued a young female polar bear after the animal got a condensed milk can stuck in its mouth.

Russia: After polar bear gets milk can stuck in its mouth, veterinarians rescue it

Longyearbyen is a small coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. This Arctic town is known for its views of Northern Lights. But it's also the place where global warming is at its fastest pace.

This arctic community is at the forefront of global warming

The Arctic's ice sheets are melting. 8 countries are racing to take control. They're eyeing new sea routes & resources worth trillions. The scramble may be good for business, but it also poses grave risks to humanity. On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma deconstructs the consequences.

Gravitas Plus: The deadly quest for Arctic dominance

Conceived in almost hysterical circumstances in Paris in 1920, the Spitsbergen treaty gives the citizens of 46 countries the right to exploit the Arctic archipelago which is now officially known by its Norwegian name of Svalbard.

Spitsbergen treaty: Arctic treaty conceived in bed by two gay men

A study on ‘Exceptional warming over the Barents area’ studying surface air temperature (SAT) data from Global reanalyses points towards maximum warming over the northern Barents area.

Research points toward exceptional heating in Arctic area

Svalbard Archipelago which is perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness in a sustainable manner

Arctic seeks to adopt Green tourism

Arctic melting is currently four times the world average and the black carbon threat to the Arctic is speeding up the melting of ice.

The black carbon threat to the Arctic is speeding up the melting of ice

The world powers are competing to dominate the Arctic region. Russia's Arctic gas ambitions are at risk. New orders for special vessels to ship fuel are in doubt.

World powers compete to dominate the Arctic

After parachuting into the frigid Alaska interior, Capt. Weston Iannone and his soldiers navigated miles through deep snow, finally setting up a temporary outpost on a ridgeline next to a grove of lanky spruce trees that were also struggling to survive.

With eyes on Russia, US military prepares for an Arctic future

Behind the high-stakes talks with the US, Russia has flown two nuke-capable strategic bombers over Arctic. These Tu-160 aircrafts can carry up to 12 short-range nuclear missile.

Russia flies nuke-capable strategic bombers over Arctic

The hunt for the Spectacular display of Northern Lights has begun in the Arctic. They are largely witnessed in the winter months.

Spectacular display of northern lights at the Arctic

According to a new scientific data, thawing permafrost could put as much as 50 percent of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050.

Report: Permafrost thaw threatening homes, infrastructure in Arctic

It has been well established through various studies that the Arctic permafrost has been warming and, in many areas, thawing since the 1980s due to climate change.

Climate change-induced permafrost thaw threatening homes, infrastructure in Arctic: Report

In what can be called an effect of the climate crisis, the Arctic region seems to have been witnessing an unprecedented spike in lightning in 2021. Earlier, lightnings used to be rare in the region.

Climate crisis effect? Arctic region witnesses massive 7,278 lightning strikes in 2021

Arctic's Reindeers are going to become a thing of the past as climate change is resulting in a rapid decline of their population.

Climate change is killing the Arctic's Reindeers

A UN agency has confirmed an Arctic temperature record of over 38 degree Celsius in a Siberian town last year during the prolonged heat wave there.

New record high temperature set in the Arctic last year

According to a UN agency, an Arctic temperature record of more than 38 Celsius was reached in a Siberian town last year during a prolonged heatwave that caused widespread alarm about the intensity of global warming.

UN agency confirms 2020 arctic heat record in Siberian town

Brynn Kimber, a research scientist at the University of Washington who works in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Mammal Laboratory, has spent a lot of time analysing audio data recorded in the icy waters north of Alaska, Canada and Russia.

Melting Arctic is a bonanza for the ocean’s natural born killers

A new study revealed that as the climate crisis has been warming up the planet's northern ice cover, rainfall could replace snow in the Arctic region. WION tells you more.

New study reveals Arctic could get more rain than snowfall by 2060

We are bombarded with news of global warming each day. We know how the ice caps are melting thereby raising sea levels and affecting local habitat. But a positive news has come from the Pacific Arctic.

Polar bears return to Pacific Arctic for first time in 20 years

In 2020, a new and rather unusually large hole in the ozone layer was formed over the Arctic now, scientists have finally established the possible reason behind it.

What caused massive Arctic ozone hole in 2020? This study has some answers

Russia is preparing for supremacy in Arctic region where melting ice and receding ice cover are creating new waterways. Russia is pinning its ambition on a fleet of giant nuclear-powered icebreakers.

Moscow flexes muscle in Arctic region with nuclear icebreaker fleet

Russia’s Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died while trying to save a cameraman's life during a civil defence exercise in the Arctic city of Norilsk, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Russian Emergency Minister dies while trying to save cameraman during Arctic exercise

Thunderstorms in Northern Alaska over sea ice on Monday sparked rare lightning strikes. The Washington Post reported lightning strikes occurred north of Prudhoe Bay, directly over sea ice, a phenomenon that occurs once or twice a decade.

Unusual Arctic thunderstorms spark rare lightning strikes in Northern Alaska

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