On a speedboat in the Arctic Ocean, a team of scientists are hurtling towards a glacier known as Blomstrandbreen, an 18-km-long river of blue and gre... Read More
In the Arctic Ocean, around 400 miles from the north pole, lies the island of Svalbard. Named after the Viking word for “cold edge”, the islan... Read More
Retreating glaciers created 2,500km of “new” coastline and 35 “new” islands in the Arctic between 2000 and 2020, according to a new study. ... Read More
Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals. Provisional data from th... Read More
Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening access to fres... Read More
“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that play a major role in ho... Read More
Antarctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, clocking in at the second lowest in a record stretching back to 1979, according to pro... Read More
Antarctic sea ice is “behaving strangely” and might have entered a “new regime”, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NS... Read More
The northernmost town in the world, Ny-Ålesund, has for more than 30 years hosted the UK’s Arctic Research Station – the nation’s only permane... Read More
While 2023 made headlines for smashing global temperature records, last year also saw some truly remarkable events in the Antarctic. After crashin... Read More
Global warming of 2C would see “extensive, long-term [and] essentially irreversible” losses from the Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers, warns a n... Read More
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