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Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway. Credit: robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo

Explainer: How 'Atlantification' is making the Arctic Ocean saltier and warmer

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Oceans | Jan 16. 2020.

Interactive: When will the Arctic see its first ice-free summer?

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Features | Dec 12. 2019.

Inside MOSAiC: How a year-long Arctic expedition is helping climate science

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Features | Nov 18. 2019.
Autumn leaves. Credit: Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee / Alamy Stock Photo. G8MN0T

State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date

This year is shaping up to be the second warmest on record for most surface temperature datasets, behind only the super-El Niño year of 2016. This is... Read More

State of the climate | Oct 16. 2019.
Midnight sun over the Arctic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway. Credit: Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo.

Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2019 is ‘joint-second lowest’ on record

Arctic sea ice has reached its summer minimum extent for 2019, measuring in at 4.15m square kilometers (km2). This puts this year joint-second lowest... Read More

Sea ice | Sep 25. 2019.
The coast of Jameson land on the edge of Scoresbysund, North East Greenland Credit: BIOSPHOTO / Alamy Stock Photo

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere

Earlier today in Monaco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing... Read More

IPCC | Sep 25. 2019.
Ice sheet over northwest Greenland, 17 February 2019. Credit: LWM/NASA/LANDSAT / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2019

Dr Ruth Mottram, Dr Martin Stendel and Dr Peter Langen are climate scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in Copenhagen, which is... Read More

Guest posts | Sep 6. 2019.
Alpenglow at sunrise on Annapurna South, Nepal Himalayas. Credit: Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo.

Cold-war spy photos reveal ‘doubling’ of glacier ice loss in Himalayas

The rate of glacier retreat in the Himalayas has doubled since the late 20th century, a new study finds. ... Read More

Glaciers | Jun 19. 2019.
Sun rays filtering through a row of trees, Kappel, Switzerland. Credit: imageBROKER / Alamy Stock Photo. FJBXTK

State of the climate: Heat across Earth's surface and oceans mark early 2019

Global surface temperatures in 2019 are on track to be either the second or third warmest since records began in the mid-1800s, behind only 2016 and... Read More

State of the climate | Apr 23. 2019.
Retrogressive thaw slump, Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada. Credit: National Geographic Image Collection / Alamy Stock Photo. MYE17N

Guest post: Arctic warming is causing a 60-fold increase in permafrost landslides

Dr Antoni G. Lewkowicz is a professor in the department of geography, environment and geomatics at the University of Ottawa. He is president of the... Read More

Guest posts | Apr 4. 2019.
Arctic sea ice. Credit: Rowan Romeyn / Alamy Stock Photo. F7AKDM

Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record

Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.78m square kilometres (sq km) on 13 March. It is the joint seventh smallest... Read More

Sea ice | Mar 20. 2019.
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