Longyearbyen with 2400 residents releases as much microfiber into the ocean as Vancouver Synthetic outdoor clothes and poor wastewater management cause the emissions.
Fish in the Arctic deformed by tiny amounts of oil contamination Polar cod are very sensitive to crude oil contamination, a new study shows.
Here’s what it looks like 4000 meters below the Arctic ice Far below the Arctic ice lies a special area with volcanic activity. What lives down there? Scientists have gone on a journey to find out.
The valley at the end of the world – and the magical mysteries we found there OPINION: Plant life in parts of the high Arctic are changing fast, possibly due to changing climate and local bird populations, but scientists are still putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
Thin Arctic foxes suffer more from industrial pollutants The Arctic may be a long way from the industrial world, but harmful chemical substances find their way northward and concentrate in animals there. Researchers have now found a disturbing trend: concentrations of one harmful chemical family are higher in thin Arctic foxes than in their more well-fed brethern.
Arctic fox feed at night to avoid snowmobile traffic The Arctic fox is at the top of the food chain in Svalbard, but humans on snowmobiles are disturbing its mealtimes.
Ivory gulls threatened by eggshell thinning High levels of environmental contaminants are linked with thinner eggshells in the ivory gull, a red-listed high Arctic seabird. Scientists are concerned that pollutants and the stress from global warming could cause populations to plummet.