Antarctic/Arctic Archive

Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet

25 Jul 23 - This winter has confirmed what scientists had feared — the sea ice around Antarctica is in sharp decline, with experts now concerned it may not recover.

New methane source: groundwater springs of Norway

7 Jul 23 - Climate change has exposed a new source of methane in the Arctic: groundwater springs.

Arctic summer could be practically sea-ice-free by the 2030s

8 Jun 23 - In a new study, scientists found that the climate milestone could come about a decade sooner than anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are gradually reduced.

Antarctic sea ice hits another record low

31 May 23 - Antarctica's sea ice is now reforming as the continent moves deeper into the austral winter, but it's currently the smallest it has ever been for this time of year on record.

The Arctic is burning — and turning up the heat on the planet

11 May 23 - The Far North (Arctic) is both a massive carbon sink and a potent environmental time bomb. The region stores a huge amount of CO2 in boreal forests and underlying soils.

Could climate change fuel war in the Arctic?

1 May 23 - Climate change is warming the Arctic up to 7 times faster than the rest of the planet. And it’s threatening peace as well as the wildlife.

‘Phenomenal’ logjam in the Canadian Arctic stores millions of tonnes of carbon: study

1 May 23 - Researchers say they have mapped the world’s largest known cumulative logjam in the Canadian Arctic and it holds millions of tonnes of carbon, representing an important but understudied part of the...

Climate change is transforming the Arctic

22 Dec 22 - A typhoon, smoke from wildfires and increasing rain are not what most imagine when thinking of the Arctic. Yet these are some of the climate-driven events included in a detailed annual update on the...

Future emissions from ‘country of permafrost’ potentially devastating

18 Oct 22 - By the end of this century, permafrost in the rapidly warming Arctic will likely emit as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation, and potentially more than...

Greenland's culture shifts as Arctic heats up

13 Oct 22 - Icebergs bigger than city blocks loom through the mist as Kaleeraq Mathaeussen reels in halibut from the frigid waters one by one.

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 27 centimetres

1 Sep 22 - Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 27 centimeters -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a recent study.

Lakes are disappearing across the Arctic as the climate crisis worsens: Study

1 Sep 22 - The Arctic has experienced loss before. As the area warms almost four times more quickly than the rest of the world, glaciers melt, wildlife dies, and habitat loss is accelerating at an unprecedented...

Warming climate upends Arctic mining town

23 Jun 22 - Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused climate...

Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits

20 May 22 - The Kremlin’s mineral explorer says it has found a stunning 500 billion barrels of oil and gas below the Southern Ocean’s climate-threatened waters. Tapping these mooted reserves would not only...

Scientists alarmed as east Antarctic ice shelf collapses

29 Mar 22 - A New-York-City-sized ice shelf has collapsed in East Antarctica, much to the alarm of scientists who thought the region was substantially protected from the impacts of climate change, unlike the...

Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2022 is 10th lowest on record

24 Mar 22 - Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.88m square kilometres (km2) on 25 February. It is the 10th smallest winter peak in the 44-year satellite record.

Antarctica will likely set an alarming new record this year: new data

23 Feb 22 - As surging global temperatures alter the landscape of the Arctic, scientists are observing what's shaping up to be a new record at the other end of the globe.

Giant iceberg blocks scientists’ study of ‘Doomsday Glacier’

4 Feb 22 - Antarctica’s so-called Doomsday Glacier, nicknamed because it is huge and coming apart, is mostly thwarting an international effort to figure out how dangerously vulnerable it is.

Surge in Arctic temperatures melting Greenland's ice

2 Aug 21 - Greenland is experiencing its most significant melting event of the year as temperatures in the Arctic surge. The amount of ice that melted on Tuesday alone would be enough to cover the entire state...

Lorde urges climate action ahead of new book on Antarctica trip

27 Nov 20 - Kiwi singer Lorde has written an impassioned entreaty for the world to face the climate emergency head-on after visiting Antarctica.

6 Oct 20  Greenland’s ice loss likely to hit 12,000-year high

17 Sep 20  Melting Arctic needs new name to match reality

28 Aug 20  ANTARCTICA: 60% of ice shelves at risk

18 Aug 20  Greenland's ice sheet at 'point of no return'

28 Jul 20  Earth's biggest ice sheet more vulnerable than thought

27 Jul 20  Human climate change causes record Arctic heat

23 Jul 20  How many polar bears will be left in 2100?

22 Jul 20  Australia has a bad idea in Antarctica

17 Jul 20  We're encroaching on Antarctica’s last wild places

13 Jul 20  Nature doesn't trust us any more

6 Jul 20  What an ocean hidden under Antarctica reveals about our future climate

1 Jul 20  Beavers new threat as Arctic lakes thaw

29 Jun 20  Trump plan would open huge area of Alaska to drilling

19 Jun 20  The iciest Antarctic waters are now less icy

2 Jun 20  'Zombie fires’ are erupting in Alaska

21 May 20  Climate change turning Antarctica's snow green

19 May 20  Largest Arctic science expedition finds itself on thin ice

13 May 20  Plastic waste now litters Antarctic shore

30 Apr 20  North Pole may be clear water by mid-century

16 Apr 20  Greenland sheds ice at record rate

7 Apr 20  We need not fear ancient methane timebombs

27 Mar 20  Earth's deepest ice canyon vulnerable to melting

20 Mar 20  One summer cost Greenland 600 billion tonnes of ice

21 Feb 20  Record Antarctic temperatures fuel sea level worry

14 Feb 20  Antarctic melt led to 3m sea level rise 120,000 years ago

10 Feb 20  Antarctica logs hottest day on record

31 Jan 20  Rewilding the Arctic would be a mammoth task

14 Nov 19  What's driving the Antarctic meltdown?

23 Oct 19  Melting glaciers reveal five islands in Arctic

4 Oct 19  Antarctica shows 65,000 ‘meltwater lakes’

2 Oct 19  Giant iceberg breaks off east Antarctica

26 Aug 19  Changes turning Arctic into economic hotspot

14 Aug 19  Changing climate traumatises Greenlanders

13 Aug 19  Winds of change driving Antarctic ice melt

7 Aug 19  DRONE ALONE: Ocean-going science in the southern seas

6 Aug 19  Artificial snow could save the world, but there's a downside

24 Jul 19  Iceland leaves memorial to a glacier - and a global warning

18 Jul 19  Manmade Antarctic snows could save coastal cities

11 Jul 19  Antarctic melting might become irreversible

3 Jul 19  Antarctic sea ice records 'precipitous' fall

3 Jul 19  HOT SPOT: Welcome to the fastest-heating place on Earth

17 Jun 19  Arctic permafrost melting 70 years ahead of time

6 Jun 19  Changing climate has seabirds dying in their thousands

6 May 19  Ross Ice Shelf melting at faster rate

3 May 19  Permafrost collapse might double warming

29 Apr 19  Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice

24 Apr 19  IT'S NO JOKE: Laughing gas is leaking from Alaska permafrost

16 Apr 19  'Hair dryer' winds pressure Antarctic ice

10 Apr 19  Warming pushes Arctic toward ‘unprecedented state'

8 Apr 19  Last Antarctic forests send a message on climate change

20 Mar 19  ‘No doubt’ Arctic temperatures will rise 3.5deg

14 Mar 19  Arctic warming must be urgently tackled, warns UN

1 Mar 19  Massive iceberg set to break with Antarctic

19 Feb 19  Ice voyage will explore ocean hidden for 100,000 years

22 Jan 19  Why sea-ice cover is so low (it’s not just climate change)

7 Dec 18  Greenland ice melt is in overdrive

26 Nov 18  Hunt begins for 'detergent' to clean up the sky

21 Nov 18  How Antarctic melt could slow temperature rise

19 Nov 18  Crucial Antarctic current is changing

13 Nov 18  Shaw heads south to check out ice-melt threat

12 Oct 18  Vehicle made from recycled plastic to explore the ice

8 Oct 18  Frozen Arctic moves seawards in hectic melt

5 Oct 18  New pact bans fishing across much of Arctic

26 Sep 18  What's causing Antarctica's ocean to warm up?

5 Sep 18  Nations scramble for power as warming opens up the Arctic

24 Aug 18  Maersk moves in as warming Arctic opens up icy sea route

15 Aug 18  ‘Natural pulses’ figure in Antarctic melting

11 Jul 18  Big Krill backs vast Antarctic ocean sanctuary

25 Jun 18  Scientists eye solution to Antarctic ice loss

22 Jun 18  How melting Arctic could cook the tropics

14 Jun 18  Antarctic melt just the tip of the iceberg

8 Jun 18  Plastic waste reaches last wilderness

17 May 18  Modern mammoths could help stop Arctic ground emissions

7 May 18  Winter winds melting Antarctica ice shelf

2 May 18  Boaty McBoatface to spy on melting Antarctic glacier

1 May 18  Arctic currents change as did the ancient Pacific

4 Apr 18  Melting of Antarctic ice greater than thought

21 Mar 18  SOUTHERN SHOCK: Where has all the ice gone?

19 Mar 18  Antarctica needs massive engineering works

15 Mar 18  Krill fishing poses serious threat to Antarctic

7 Mar 18  Antarctic sea ice shrinks for second straight year

5 Mar 18  'Crazy' Arctic temperatures alarm scientists

1 Mar 18  King penguins find their icy southern realm is shrinking

16 Feb 18  One tiny creature threatens Antarctic wildlife

9 Feb 18  Thawing permafrost reveals massive doses of mercury

15 Dec 17  New look at Antarctic raises fears of higher sea levels

5 Dec 17  Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world

24 Nov 17  THIN ICE: Antarctic glaciers could flood the planet

16 Nov 17  HOT SPOTS: Ice cameras reveal Antarctica’s warm underbelly

2 Nov 17  Ice cracks again close Antarctic research station

31 Oct 17  Sea could rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050

30 Oct 17  Changing climate is blurring the lines for map makers

17 Oct 17  Starving penguins a sign that all is not well in Antarctica

28 Sep 17  Antarctic sea ice levels hit record low - but why?

27 Sep 17  New worry as key Antarctic glacier loses chunk of ice

26 Sep 17  Plastic chunks on Arctic icefloe show how pollution has spread

21 Sep 17  Melting Arctic ice cap falls to well below average

5 Sep 17  Global warming doubles growth of Antarctic marine fauna

29 Aug 17  ARCTIC FIRST: Ship sails top of the world without icebreaker

21 Aug 17  Walruses mob beach as Arctic sea ice disappears

14 Aug 17  Scientists find 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet

13 Jul 17  Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks away from Antarctica

11 Jul 17  Changing climate could mean end of the Emperor penguin

6 Jul 17  Scientists know how big the Larsen C iceberg will be

3 Jul 17  OPINION: The view from Antarctica

30 Jun 17  Antarctica's ice-free areas to increase by up to a quarter by 2100

19 Jun 17  Huge Antarctic melt raises fears of 3m sea level rise

19 Jun 17  Arctic icebergs freeze climate research plans

2 Jun 17  Massive Antarctic iceberg on the brink of breaking away

24 May 17  China declares no mining (for now) in Antarctica

23 May 17  Climate change is turning Antarctica green

22 May 17  ICE AGE: Is the disintegration of Antarctica unstoppable?

17 May 17  Warm Arctic fuels second-hottest April

15 May 17  US signs treaty to protect Arctic

4 May 17  New crack raises fears of major Antarctic ice breakaway