Ancient Origins

First High Arctic Seafarers: 4,500-Year-Old Voyage to Kitsissut Revealed

A cluster of 4,500-year-old sites on the remote Kitsissut islands in north-west Greenland is changing how archaeologists picture the first people lived in the High Arctic. Rather than hugging the land ...
Scientific American

Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems

Humans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as long as it’s been unfrozen, archaeological evidence ...

In the Arctic, the black carbon threat is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

A coalition of nations and environmental groups is lobbying the International Maritime Organization to create regulations ...
The Earth Times

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier on the Brink: What the New Rifts Mean for Global Sea Levels

Scientists warn that growing rifts in Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier could speed up global sea level rise, heightening climate risks worldwide.
New Scientist

Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago

The first people to reach the Kitsissut Islands off the north-west coast of Greenland were Indigenous peoples, who crossed ...

The Arctic's first inhabitants shaped thousands of years of ecological development

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence for repeated prehistoric occupation in the remote island cluster of Kitsissut, north of Greenland, indicating the first people in the High Arctic were skilled ...
IEEE

First Multiclass Arctic Sea Ice Classification Results From FY-3E Data

Abstract: This study performs the first multiclass sea ice classification using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometry (GNSS-R) data from the Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) satellite. A principal ...