The Arctic region is experiencing rapid warming, resulting in detrimental global environmental impacts, including reduced summer sea ice, rising sea levels due to melting ice sheets, and increased methane emissions from thawing soils. The UN IPCC is assessing these risks in its upcoming Seventh Assessment Report, highlighting the urgent need for Arctic research. This is challenging amidst geopolitical tensions that hinder cooperation. Historically, Arctic science has succeeded through international collaboration, demonstrating the importance of unity in tackling climate change issues across borders.
Without curbing greenhouse-gas emissions, within 15 years, there could be no summer sea ice to reflect solar radiation from around Earth's North Pole, amplifying heating elsewhere.
Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to speak up and develop joint programmes now to make this crucial work possible.
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