Environment

China’s sediment core analysis shows higher soot on Arctic snow than previously estimated, accelerating melt and likely speeding regional warming.

Senator Markey and Congressman Huffman released a statement on the sale of lease rights in an Arctic refuge, underscoring the policy's implications for environmental stewardship and resource development.

A new partnership combines Indigenous and Western knowledge to tackle flooding, erosion, and permafrost thaw in eight Arctic coastal communities.

The Trump administration auctioned drilling rights in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but only attracted a handful of bidders, highlighting limited corporate interest in the site.

The workshop combines Indigenous and Western science to tackle flooding, erosion and permafrost thaw affecting eight Arctic coastal communities, aligning research with local priorities.

Major oil companies skipped Trump's auction of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge leases, while ConocoPhillips uses chillers to refreeze ground beneath its Arctic rigs as thawing threatens stability.

Only five of 58 ANWR coastal tracts received bids, with HEX Energy LLC winning two for $3.74M, while Indigenous and environmental groups warn of impacts to the refuge’s caribou and habitats.

Oil companies showed little interest in the latest lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, indicating a slowdown in potential Arctic drilling projects.

The auction of lease rights for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge proceeded, prompting Ranking Member Huffman and Senator Markey to criticize it as an insult and warn that the outcome could prove drilling in the Arctic.

The Trump administration attempted a lease sale of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil on June 5, aiming to open the area for development.

Oil and gas leases are being sold in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move that could jeopardize the refuge's conservation status and affect future Arctic energy policy.

Sierra Club’s statement criticizes the Trump Administration’s decision to lease oil and gas rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, noting the sale raised $3.7 million but was used to fund large tax cuts.

BLM opened nine bids on five tracts for an oil and gas lease sale on the Arctic Coastal Plain, potentially reshaping Arctic energy development and governance.

The Trump administration has opened sealed bids for almost 690,000 acres of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, marking the first of four auctions required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The U.S. is preparing to auction oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move opposed by Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat and raising concerns for Alaska’s native communities.

US is set to hold a new oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, amid opposition citing the region’s climate sensitivity.

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The Arctic’s river deltas contain about 5% of the planet’s frozen carbon, but warming temperatures are thawing permafrost and could release that carbon.

The Trump administration will announce the outcome of the latest oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move that could reshape conservation and energy policy in the region.

New passive acoustic detection methods tested in the Western Canadian Arctic aim to monitor ship noise that threatens marine mammals as ice melts.

Mule deer have entered Alaska’s interior, and the first recorded harvest by a hunter signals a new hunting opportunity and a looming winter‑tick threat that could decimate local moose populations.

As warming shortens subfreezing winters, Teshekpuk Lake’s ice no longer reaches the 55‑inch threshold needed for LC‑130 cargo planes, threatening Arctic military and commercial logistics.