In a piece for the Scientific American, Cristine Russell honors the life of David Perlman, "senior statesman of American science writing."

Cristine Russell details how the seasonal scientific field work in the Arctic — from the Toolik Field Station on Alaska's North Slope to ice core drilling in Greenland — is being postponed or cancelled this year because of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientists have been warning about severe global impacts from climate change for more than three decades. But over the past 12 months those warnings have intensified. Will the world leaders at COP25 be listening, Cristine Russell wonders, and what will they do?

The authors write that solving the challenges of a changing Arctic will require new approaches.

Cristine Russell gives a personal account of the human and environmental toll of the disastrous wildfires that continue to ravage her home state of California.

The Arctic is region is growing rapidly in global prominence, due in large part to the environmental changes caused by global warming. Rising temperatures and the receding sea ice reveal untapped natural resources and lucrative new trade routes. Non-Arctic nations, including China and India, are joining in the discourse on the region as new economic opportunities open up. Meanwhile, the four million human residents of the land north of the Arctic circle, many of them Indigenous peoples, are facing the reality of dramatically changing life because of human-caused climate change and an uncertain future.

This article discusses the climate challenges the Arctic region is facing, and the Arctic Initiative's new Arctic Innovator's program, committed to training new leaders and spearheading new research in the Arctic region.

Out of the ashes of the Tubbs wildfire comes an important opportunity for researchers to study the fire’s impact on the land, water, vegetation and wildlife. The findings could help inform decisions made by land managers and urban planners in the wake of the deadliest and most destructive fires in California history.