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International: Antarctic/Arctic

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Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice

29 Apr 2019

Antarctica's charismatic emperor penguins have abandoned one of their biggest colonies after breeding pairs there failed to raise almost any new chicks in three years.

IT'S NO JOKE: Laughing gas is leaking from Alaska permafrost

24 Apr 2019

US scientists have identified yet another hazard linked to the thawing permafrost - laughing gas.

'Hair dryer' winds pressure Antarctic ice

16 Apr 2019

Warm, dry winds in Antarctica can cause major melt as they sweep across the ice, even during frigid winter months.

Warming pushes Arctic toward ‘unprecedented state'

10 Apr 2019

Global warming is transforming the Arctic, and the changes have rippled so widely that the entire biophysical system is shifting toward an "unprecedented state," scientists say.

Last Antarctic forests send a message on climate change

8 Apr 2019

Scramble across exposed rocks in the middle of Antarctica and it's possible to find the mummified twigs of shrubs that grew on the continent millions of years ago.

‘No doubt’ Arctic temperatures will rise 3.5deg

20 Mar 2019

New research by the UN has found that a temperature rise of up to 3.5deg in the Arctic is now inevitable.

Arctic warming must be urgently tackled, warns UN

14 Mar 2019

Sharp and potentially devastating temperature rises of 3deg to 5deg in the Arctic are now inevitable even if the world succeeds in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, new research has found.

Massive iceberg set to break with Antarctic

1 Mar 2019

An iceberg of 660 square miles is set to break away from an Antarctic ice shelf as a result of a rapidly spreading rift that is being monitored by Nasa.

Ice voyage will explore ocean hidden for 100,000 years

19 Feb 2019

Scientists are setting out to explore an Antarctic marine realm that was hidden from the Sun for more than 100,000 years.

Why sea-ice cover is so low (it’s not just climate change)

22 Jan 2019

Sea-ice cover in Antarctica shrank rapidly to a record low in late 2016 and has remained well below average. But what’s behind this dramatic melting and low ice cover since?

Greenland ice melt is in overdrive

7 Dec 2018

Melting on Greenland's ice sheet has gone into overdrive, with meltwater runoff increasing 50 per cent since the start of the industrial era and continuing to accelerate, new research shows.

Hunt begins for 'detergent' to clean up the sky

26 Nov 2018

Antarctic ice records pre-industrial levels of a chemical that scrubs the atmosphere of greenhouses gases.

How Antarctic melt could slow temperature rise

21 Nov 2018

Cold meltwater running off Antarctica’s ice sheets and into the ocean could dampen the pace of global temperature rise, a new study suggests.

Crucial Antarctic current is changing

19 Nov 2018

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on our planet and is vital for Earth’s health. It is also changing as the climate warms.

Shaw heads south to check out ice-melt threat

13 Nov 2018

Climate minister James Shaw is heading to Antarctica as scientists warn we already might have triggered tipping points leading to irreversible melting of the polar ice sheets.

Vehicle made from recycled plastic to explore the ice

12 Oct 2018

A vehicle powered by the sun and made out of plastic waste is set to explore Antarctica.

Frozen Arctic moves seawards in hectic melt

8 Oct 2018

Once trapped in a Russian ice cap north of Siberia, the frozen Arctic is moving fast, racing in decades from metres to kilometres a year.

New pact bans fishing across much of Arctic

5 Oct 2018

Commercial fishing will be banned across much of the Arctic under a new agreement just signed in Greenland.

What's causing Antarctica's ocean to warm up?

26 Sep 2018

The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is warming at an alarming rate - twice that of the rest of the world's oceans.

Nations scramble for power as warming opens up the Arctic

5 Sep 2018

On Monday, a Danish container ship sailed from South Korea. On September 22, it will dock in Germany. The bit in between could change the world.

Maersk moves in as warming Arctic opens up icy sea route

24 Aug 2018

Maersk, the world's largest container line, is about to test the frigid waters of the Arctic in a trial of shorter shipping lanes that could become viable as warmer temperatures open up the Northern Sea Route.

‘Natural pulses’ figure in Antarctic melting

15 Aug 2018

A 16-year study of ocean conditions in Antarctica suggests that the periodic arrival of warm currents as a result of natural variability is worsening the rate of ice mass loss from key glaciers.

Big Krill backs vast Antarctic ocean sanctuary

11 Jul 2018

The creation of the world’s biggest ocean sanctuary, protecting a huge tract of remote seas around Antarctica, has come a step closer after major fishing companies came out in favour of the plan.

Scientists eye solution to Antarctic ice loss

25 Jun 2018

Scientists hope they might have discovered a mitigating factor that could slow or even prevent the West Antarctic ice sheet’ collapsing into the ocean.

How melting Arctic could cook the tropics

22 Jun 2018

The loss of sea ice from the Arctic Ocean will alter wind patterns and ocean currents, causing changes across the planet.

Antarctic melt just the tip of the iceberg

14 Jun 2018

Antarctica has lost three trillion tonnes of ice over the past 25 years, raising sea levels 7.6mm.

Plastic waste reaches last wilderness

8 Jun 2018

Plastic and traces of hazardous chemicals have been found in one of the world’s last great wildernesses.

Modern mammoths could help stop Arctic ground emissions

17 May 2018

Geneticists from Harvard think that reintroducing mammoth-like creatures to Arctic tundra environments could help to stop the release of greenhouse gases from the ground.

Winter winds melting Antarctica ice shelf

7 May 2018

Parts of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf are melting in the depths of winter, when temperatures typically stay well below freezing, research finds.

Boaty McBoatface to spy on melting Antarctic glacier

2 May 2018

The precarious state of a vast, remote Antarctic glacier will provide an inaugural mission for the British vessel once dubbed Boaty McBoatface and its remotely operated submarine of the same name.

Arctic currents change as did the ancient Pacific

1 May 2018

Changes in Arctic currents today appear to reflect similar changes thousands of years ago – in the North Pacific. Scientists think they may be linked.

Melting of Antarctic ice greater than thought

4 Apr 2018

Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon overtake Greenland to become the biggest source of sea-level rise.

SOUTHERN SHOCK: Where has all the ice gone?

21 Mar 2018

The absence of sea ice near Antarctica over the past six weeks has astonished scientists aboard the research vessel Tangaroa.

Antarctica needs massive engineering works

19 Mar 2018

.Mammoth engineering projects are planned in Antarctica and Greenland to help slow down the disintegration of the planet’s main glaciers.

Krill fishing poses serious threat to Antarctic

15 Mar 2018

Industrial fishing for krill in the pristine waters around Antarctica is threatening the future of one of the world’s last great wildernesses, says a new report.

Antarctic sea ice shrinks for second straight year

7 Mar 2018

Sea ice cover in Antarctica has dropped to its second-lowest on record, Australian authorities said, adding that it was not yet clear what was driving the reduction after several years of record-highs.

'Crazy' Arctic temperatures alarm scientists

5 Mar 2018

An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change.

King penguins find their icy southern realm is shrinking

1 Mar 2018

King penguins – one of the most charismatic species of the Southern Ocean – are under threat from climate change.

One tiny creature threatens Antarctic wildlife

16 Feb 2018

The Antarctic, one of the last great wildernesses and home to animals such as whales, penguins and leopard seals, is being threatened by the plight of an animal just a few centimetres long.

Thawing permafrost reveals massive doses of mercury

9 Feb 2018

Rising temperatures are waking a sleeping giant in the North - the permafrost - and scientists have identified a new danger that comes with that: massive stores of mercury.

New look at Antarctic raises fears of higher sea levels

15 Dec 2017

Antarctic ice sheet models double the sea-level rise expected this century if global emissions of heat-trapping pollution remain high, according to a new study.

Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world

5 Dec 2017

The Antarctic Treaty was signed 58 years ago this week, protecting the continent for peace and science.

THIN ICE: Antarctic glaciers could flood the planet

24 Nov 2017

In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2500 miles from the tip of South America, two glaciers hold human civilisation hostage.

HOT SPOTS: Ice cameras reveal Antarctica’s warm underbelly

16 Nov 2017

A new map of the warmth coming up from rocks beneath the Antarctic provides key data for scientists to model how the ice sheet could react to climate change.

Ice cracks again close Antarctic research station

2 Nov 2017

A British research station in Antarctica is being shut down for the second winter in a row following concerns over growing cracks in the 150-metre thick ice shelf on which it stands.

Sea could rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050

31 Oct 2017

Sea levels could rise 1.3m this century unless coal-generated electricity is virtually eliminated by 2050, according to a new paper that contains the latest understanding of Antarctica’s contribution.

Changing climate is blurring the lines for map makers

30 Oct 2017

As soon as cartographers had finished drawing the Arctic ice sheet in 2013, their map was already out of date.

Starving penguins a sign that all is not well in Antarctica

17 Oct 2017

The awful news that all but two penguin chicks have starved to death out of a colony of almost 40,000 birds is a grim illustration of the enormous pressure Antarctic wildlife is under.

Antarctic sea ice levels hit record low - but why?

28 Sep 2017

Sea ice levels in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, but experts say there is not a clear link to climate change.

New worry as key Antarctic glacier loses chunk of ice

27 Sep 2017

An enormous Antarctic glacier has given up an iceberg over 100 square miles in size, the second time in two years it has lost such a large piece in a process that has scientists wondering whether its behavior is changing for the worse.

Australia
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Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink – study

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday, linking the "very concerning" trend to climate change.

United States
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States sue to stop Trump cancellation of $7 billion solar grant program

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7 billion grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities, according to court papers.

China
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In China, climate litigation starts with the state

Thu 16 Oct 2025

With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.

Europe
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How one country’s Russian gas crisis became a green energy boom

Tue 21 Oct 2025

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Moldova quickly empowered its small towns to produce their own renewable energy so no one could push it around.

United Kingdom
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Keir Starmer

UK Prime Minister will attend Brazil climate summit

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Keir Starmer will travel to the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 United Nations climate summit next month, Downing Street has confirmed, after weeks of speculation that he would not.

Canada
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Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat

2 Oct 2025

Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Asia
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Indonesia restarts international carbon trade after four years

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has issued a new decree to restart international carbon emission trading after a four year hiatus.

Pacific
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Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record

Tue 21 Oct 2025

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.

Africa
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Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to spirit of Paris Agreement

14 Oct 2025

Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement's calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals.

South America
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Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva

Four Brazilians to watch at COP30

15 Oct 2025

Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks in the Amazon next month.

United Nations
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New UN carbon market rules could reshape how investors value nature

Mon 20 Oct 2025

A debate over carbon permanence – how long CO2 must stay stored to count towards offsetting emissions – is reshaping global carbon markets and could determine whether nature remains investable.

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