Demography of indigenous peoples of the Arctic based on linguistic groups

Language not only communicates, it defines culture, nature, history, humanity, and ancestry. The indigenous languages of the Arctic have been formed and shaped in…

Trends in speakers of Arctic indigenous languages (1989-2006)

Language not only communicates, it defines culture, nature, history, humanity, and ancestry. The indigenous languages of the Arctic have been formed and shaped in…

Simulated projections for Polar cod distribution with global warming

Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) was found to be sensitive to the warming scenarios and the model predicted that it would be extirpated in most…

Trends in Arctic murre populations

The two species of murres (known as guillemots in Europe), the thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia, and common murre, Uria aalge, both have circumpolar distributions,…

Permafrost loss in peatlands of northern Quebec, 1957-2003

Over recent years, the southern limit of permafrost in northern peatlands has retreated by 39 km on average and by as much as 200…

Trends in Arctic shorebird populations

Shorebirds are the most diverse group of Arctic breeding birds and one of the most abundant. From the Arctic, they migrate to their non-breeding…

Murre sensitivity to changes in temperature

Annual rates of population change of individual murre colonies during 12 years after the 1977 climatic regime shift in the North Pacific and during…

Arctic char species complex, distribution map

The Arctic char species complex, sensu stricto, represent a key component of the marine and freshwater ecosystems of the north. Chars are stressed by…

Arctic biodiversity – pressures and impacts

The Arctic plays host to a vast array of biodiversity, including many globally significant populations. Included among these are more than half of the…

Time series of freeze-up and break-up dates from selected Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers, 1846–1995

Limited by the availability of detailed observations, most historical evaluations of changes in freshwater ice have focused on relatively simple characteristics, such as the…

Disappearing Arctic lakes – examples in Siberian lakes, 1973 to 1997

The Arctic contains a variety of types of lakes but overall, it is thermokarst lakes and ponds that are the most abundant and productive…

Bovanenkovo gas field and impacts on reindeer herding (Yamal, Russia)

A false color Quickbird-2 satellite image of a portion of the Bovanenkovo Gas Field on the Yamal Peninsula in West Siberia. Image acquired 4…