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The Arctic Under Pressure

In the 02.21 issue of The Circle, we explore what pressures species and people are experiencing in a region that is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet.

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Pan-Arctic

A region under pressure

Communities

In rural Alaska, things are not as they seem

Saying no to the Baffinland mine expansion in Canada’s Arctic

Underwater noise

Increasing ship traffic means a noisier Arctic Ocean

Oil and gas

WWF oil and gas policy aims to transform where we get our energy

The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds of Canada: On the road to serious decline

Communities

Strategies to help people and animals coexist

Youth

Building intergenerational dialogue to solve Arctic Challenges

Drumming up a cultural connection for Greenlandic Inuit

Stories from other issues

Topics
A colony of crested auklets, black birds with grey chests, bright orange beaks and a thin white stipe going from their white, round eyes
Signals from seabird colonies

Arctic insights from Alaska’s auklets and murres

Three people out on the snow, walking toewards waste barrels scattered on the ground
Indigenous guardianship in Nunavut’s western Arctic

Protecting the pristine Kitikmeot region

A herd of Atlantic walruses, standing close together
Navigating a louder Arctic

Studying how shipping noise affects walruses in Nunavut

Large icebergs in the water
In brief

News from the Arctic (2026.01)

Caribou eating bearflower
The Fortymile caribou herd diet

Hungrier summers mean harder winters

Energy modelling

What the future may hold for Arctic caribou

A herd of barren-ground caribou walking away on snow covered ground.
A shared responsibility

Hope and hurdles for the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds

Small cabin on a frozen lake
Sea ice signals

Using artificial intelligence to keep caribou ice highways clear

A herd of muskoxen
Eating grass, slowing climate change

Caribou and muskoxen shape the past and future Arctic

Caribou cow and calf
The summer siege

Mosquitoes, forage and the future of Arctic caribou

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About The Circle magazine

Quarterly

WWF Arctic Programme publishes the magazine four times per year and each issue zeroes in on a theme and presents a range of stories.

Actions

It covers the key climate risks are for the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.

Perspectives

We aim to hear from contributors in a selection of Arctic countries—from youth to Indigenous communities to policymakers to scientists.

Themes

Stay informed about the environmental and development issues affecting wildlife, ecosystems and people in the Arctic today.