tundra
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ConocoPhillips Wants To Install Chilling Devices in the Arctic To Get More Oil
You may have heard: President Biden approved an enormous fossil fuel development in the Alaskan Arctic on Monday. The Willow Project,a planned $US8 ($11) billion oil and gas extraction endeavour by ConocoPhillips, is set to move forward in the state’s North Slope — despite fierce pushback from climate and other environmental stakeholders.
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You Can Now Visit Polar Bears in an Electric Tundra Buggy
Churchill, Manitoba, is a staging ground of sorts for polar bears. The bears hang tight there, waiting for sea ice to form on Hudson Bay each winter so that they can go for a hunt for seals.
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The Siberian Tundra Is Doing That Exploding Thing Again
The Siberian tundra is still out here exploding. A new study from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre has identified three new craters in the region’s increasingly volatile permafrost, and the climate crisis is to blame.