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Heat from Pacific caused 2007 record-breaking Arctic sea ice lossFeb
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Committee forming to bring Arctic Games to JuneauJan
31 JUNEAU – Should the 2014 Arctic Winter Games be held in Juneau? Mayor Bruce Botelho is hosting a gathering of those interested in bringing the event to Juneau. The meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers at 7 p.m. Thursday. more » Is Earth cooling down?Jan
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CCTV – severe cold in northern hemisphere has revived arguments about climate change. In contrast to the global warming theory, some experts say the warming process has stopped, and the climate is actually becoming cooler. Some experts believe globe oceans experiencing a miniature Ice Age. They even think the cold weather could last for two or three decades. How Antarctic Ices Become UnstableJan
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Polar Bear Populations Near ShoresJan
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A 27-year study of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea showed them spending more time on land and open water as ice disappeared, officials said. Between 1979 and 1987, 12 percent of bear sightings were associated with no ice. Between 1997 and 2005, however, 90 percent of bear sightings were associated with no ice, said Karyn Rode, a polar bear biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, Alaska. more » Gore maintains his position on global warming, despite backlashDec
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Canadian Senate committee: vessels traveling in the Arctic should have to report to Canadian authoritiesDec
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Released yesterday, the Senate’s standing committee on fisheries and oceans states that regardless of their size, every foreign vessel that enters Canada’s Arctic waters should have to register with the Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic marine traffic system, NORDREG. more » Environmental group sues EPA on polar bear pesticidesDec
5 An environmental group announced today that it is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for “failing to consider” the affect of pesticides on polar bears and their Arctic habitat. more » U.S. Navy releases ‘Arctic road map’Dec
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Washington DC: In a new study, scientists have found that the 2007 record-breaking Arctic sea ice loss was a result of heat transported from the Pacific Ocean, dnaindia.com says. 
Climate change and global warming are already beginning to cause ill-effects around the planet, from disrupting ecosystems to causing more volcanic eruptions and making soils arid, according to news.softpedia.com. But probably these phenomena bring about their worse effects in polar regions. While, in the North, they heat up the Arctic and Greenland, in the South, they cause more and more ice spreads, such as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), to melt, and further contribute to their ill-effects. In a new study, researchers looked at how these trends could make things even worse in the near future, ScienceDaily reports. 
Despite the backlash from both scientist and skeptics who believe his prediction to be extreme, Al Gore is sticking to his guns and still claiming that the North Pole could very well be ice-free within the next five years. 
A new Canadian Senate committee report recommends that any foreign ships that travel in Canadian Arctic waters should have to report to the Canadian authorities.
The U.S. Navy has released its “Arctic road map”. The document, put out by the Department of the Navy, indicats that the Navy will be increasing its presence in the Arctic in a bid to not only defend national security, but to also defend the country’s marine interests, including any potential oil or natural gas stocks.