Top Story www.nationalgeographic.com The Arctic Refuge is opening for oil drilling. Why is industry interest so weak? A lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is set for January 6. But drilling proponents are battling economic headwinds.
Impacts e360.yale.edu Record-shattering warmth pushes Arctic temperatures to 12 degrees F above normal Even as winter darkness descends across the Arctic, a year of record-breaking heat continues.
Impacts The Arctic hasn't been this warm for 3 million years This could mean big changes to the rest of the planet.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Arctic sea ice reaches a low, just missing record Only 2012 had less sea ice coverage, scientists say, as climate change takes its toll in the region.
Top Story The Arctic’s thawing permafrost is releasing a shocking amount of dangerous gases This “abrupt thaw” affects 5 percent of Arctic permafrost, but it could double the amount of warming it contributes.
Impacts e360.yale.edu Why clouds are the key to new troubling projections on warming A warming earth, researchers now say, will lead to a loss of clouds, allowing more solar energy to strike the planet.
Newsletter e360.yale.edu How melting permafrost is beginning to transform the Arctic This melting, which could release vast amounts of greenhouse gases, is already changing the Arctic landscape by causing landslides, draining lakes, and altering vegetation.
