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The Circle
The Circle is the WWF Global Arctic Programme’s quarterly magazine. Each issue zeroes in on an Arctic theme and presents a range of related stories, from innovative WWF projects to scientists’ work and ideas to Arctic governance issues. Find out what the key climate risks are for the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.
In every issue, we aim to hear from contributors in a selection of Arctic countries and to present a range of perspectives—from youth to Indigenous communities to Arctic Council members to scientists. Download the latest issue and subscribe to stay informed about the environmental and development issues affecting wildlife, ecosystems and people in the Arctic today.
The Circle magazine covers stories about...
Wildlife
Read about how the effects of the climate crisis are affecting Arctic wildlife, from birds to whales.
People
Find out how changes in the Arctic are affecting cultures, traditions, livelihoods and identities.
Ecosystems
Learn about how climate change is altering the Arctic’s biologically productive ecosystems.
The latest issue
The Arctic Ocean teems with life. Its extensive coastlines are dotted with towns and communities. Seabirds, fish, and whales come from far to feed on the riches of the Arctic. Ice-dependent species such as walrus, polar bears and certain seals rest, feed and breed on the expanding and contracting sea ice. The places, the species and communities of the Arctic Ocean are all connected, and if we want to safeguard them and this wondrous ocean, we need to understand how everything fits together.
This issue of The Circle examines the connections across the Arctic Ocean and the life that relies on it. Read about the search for new species in the Arctic’s deep ocean ridges, what Alaska’s auklets and murres can tell us about how the seas are changing or how an Indigenous Guardians programme has employed local residents as stewards of the land. Discover these stories and more in our latest issue.
The Circle Magazine issues
The Arctic wanderers: caribou in a changing north
The Arctic in the age of tech
The forgotten Arctic: A crisis of global inaction
Navigating a changing Arctic
Stories from The Circle
Discover the key issues in the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.
Small but mighty microbes
The hidden, essential biomass of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
Signals from seabird colonies
Arctic insights from Alaska’s auklets and murres
Indigenous guardianship in Nunavut’s western Arctic
Protecting the pristine Kitikmeot region
Thriving in Qaanaaq’s icy landscape
A way of life at risk in northern Greenland
Navigating a louder Arctic
Studying how shipping noise affects walruses in Nunavut
A million square kilometres of protection
Conserving Qikiqtani’s interconnected ecosystems
Exploring the icy depths
The search for new species in the Arctic’s deep ocean ridges
In brief
News from the Arctic (2026.01)
Editorial
A choir of voices to protect a mosaic of places
The Fortymile caribou herd diet
Hungrier summers mean harder winters
Energy modelling