In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights

The aurora borealis draws thousands of visitors to the Far North each year. A new play tells the lights’ tales from the perspective of Indigenous creators.

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Life Lessons from (Very Old) Bowhead Whales

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?

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An Alaska Solar Farm Produces Food, Too

Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.

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A Norwegian Who Shared Underwear With the Inuit and Found the Northwest Passage

Unlike the leader of the doomed Franklin expedition, Roald Amundsen delighted in getting to know and learning from the Inuit.

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Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

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U.S. Research Focus in the Arctic Shifts: Less Climate, More Security

The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.

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Audio Clips of Sounds of Climate Changes

For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing.

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High-Tech Greenhouse Brings Fresh Produce to Canada’s Arctic

A high-tech greenhouse brings fresh produce to Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet in Canada’s Arctic whose residents have little experience growing plants.

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New Research Helps Explain Gas Craters in Siberia

Spontaneous gas explosions appear to be increasing in northern Russia because of climate change and some specific local conditions.

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Denmark’s Parenting Test Becomes the Latest Flashpoint in Greenland

The case of a young Greenlandic woman who was ruled incapable of keeping her baby has become the latest flashpoint with Denmark.

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