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Arctic Wildlife Research Suffers as Geopolitical Competition Grows

Scientists report that international cooperation on Arctic wildlife research is deteriorating as political tensions between Russia and Western nations intensify. Restricted access to Russian territory and waters has cut off long-term monitoring of polar bears, reindeer, migratory birds and other species, leaving major gaps in climate and biodiversity data across the circumpolar region.

Why now: Ongoing Russia-West tensions are disrupting scientific collaboration in the Arctic, a region critical to climate research.

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