The Met Office outlook for the global average temperature in 2026 suggests an extension of the run of years with a value above 1.4°C, compared to pre-industrial levels.
Ice, ice, baby! A group of marathon runners awaiting a flight out of Antarctica staged a backward mile run on Dec. 15. While some competitors slipped and stumbled on their way to the finish line, the eventual victor hailing from Montreal called the sub-zero conditions 'perfect.'
Stricter climate policies would save hundreds of glaciers in Europe’s Alps and tens of thousands worldwide, study finds.
Omar had told CBS’ Twin Cities affiliate that her son was subjected to a traffic stop-type encounter by ICE agents on Saturday.
A drone that went on an unexpected journey through Antarctic ice sheets has been saved by scientists, bringing with it never before seen data.
A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.
Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions.
NOAA unveiled its annual Arctic Report Card painting a grim picture as experts say winter's "whole concept" was reportedly being "redefined."
A group of far-left extremists allegedly planned to kill ICE agents after carrying out their New Year’s Eve terror plot against American businesses. Four bizarrely nicknamed members of a group known as the “Order of the Black Lotus” — a splinter group of the “anti-capitalist” Turtle Island Liberation Front — planned to plant pipe bombs at two...
They're known for their beautiful scenery, modern facilities and - most importantly - snow conditions. But the Alps are set to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade.
Carbon emissions from the films were equivalent to running 5,019 cars for a year, reveals data from the government and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
The staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica have been gifted an iconic Royal Mail ‘lamp’ post box featuring the King Charles III cypher – just in time … The post Special delivery for Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Global competition in the Arctic is raising hopes of a revival in the town of Churchill. We went to meet the people, and the bears, there.
Scientists have detected hundreds of earthquakes originating from Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier', sparking fears of collapse.
Was Judge Hannah Dugan trying to obstruct a proceeding or trying to run her courtroom when ICE agents came to arrest an undocumented immigrant? A federal jury will decide
The senior Democrat on a US congressional committee focused on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill the State Department’s vacant post for Arctic affairs, citing intensifying competition with Beijing and adding to growing pressure to address the vacancy. The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs leads US engagement with the eight-country Arctic Council and coordinates American interests related to safety and security, economic development and intergovernmental cooperation. The...
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies The once-rigid link between economic growth and carbon emissions is breaking across the vast majority of the world, according to a study released ahead of Friday’s 10th anniversary of the Paris climate agreement. The analysis, which underscores the effectiveness of strong government climate policies, shows this “decoupling” trend has accelerated since 2015 and is becoming particularly pronounced among major emitters in the global south. Continue reading...
On 23 September, China launched the China-Europe Arctic Express, a new Arctic shipping route that shortens the Asia-Europe maritime journey to 18 days (12 to 15 days shorter than conventional routes) (1). This route will accelerate cargo transit, reduce carbon emissions, and provide an alternative to the congested Suez Canal (2). However, it also introduces environmental challenges that could make marine coating materials less effective, such as extreme polar conditions, substantial temperature fluctuations, and highly corrosive seawater (3). Furthermore, the Arctic’s fragile ecosystem, which has a slow recovery rate, is extremely vulnerable to pollutants (4, 5), including microplastics and toxic residues such as copper ions leached from conventional marine coatings (6). Addressing these challenges...
The ongoing polar vortex blanketing the US will deliver bone-chilling temperatures and wind chills this week, sparking warnings of frostbite and dangerous driving conditions.
Bowhead whales likely reproduce beneath the sea ice northwest of Spitsbergen, while using the open water in the eastern Fram Strait as a migration corridor. This conclusion comes from researchers in the Ocean Acoustics Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute, who recorded the calls of bowhead whales using underwater recorders and analysed the records with artificial intelligence. Their study on bowhead whale habitat use in relation to sea-ice cover has now been published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries From the slopes above Pahalgam, the Kolahoi glacier is visible as a thinning, rumpled ribbon of ice stretching across the western Himalayas. Once a vast white artery feeding rivers, fields and forests, it is now retreating steadily, leaving bare rock, crevassed ice and newly exposed alpine meadows. The glacier’s meltwater has sustained paddy fields, apple orchards, saffron fields and grazing pastures for centuries. Now, as its ice diminishes, the entire web of life it supported is shifting. Continue reading...
“Against the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.”
A new survey of public high school principals across the U.S. found widespread, heightened distress among students from immigrant families amid ICE raids.
Growing more common as climate warms, these once-rare events could ultimately accelerate ice loss
The move came after organizers spent weeks consulting with the community, who warned that the large gathering could potentially attract unwanted attention from ICE agents.
The decision is a victory for landowners who oppose carbon injection beneath their property.
Ice masses are alive with activity, images reveal.
Volcanic eruptions could have fueled the spread of the Black Death plague across medieval Europe, according to a new study that pieces together evidence from ice cores, rare blue tree rings from ancient trees in the Pyrenees Mountains, historical accounts of famine and the grain trade.
Global tensions rise as Vladimir Putin declares Russia ready for war. Experts identify the safest remote nations, from Antarctica to New Zealand, to survive World War III.
[ISS] Given its obligations in the region, South Africa is uniquely positioned to represent Africa's interests in Antarctic governance.
Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere drastically increased and global temperatures shot up by some 6°C. As we show in new research published in Nature Communications, one consequence was that many of the world’s plants could no longer thrive. As […]
Development Banks Have a Bigger Role to Play in Protecting Nature margaret.overh… Tue, 12/02/2025 - 13:04 The destruction of the Amazon rainforest is one of the world's most pressing ecological crises. It is also an economic crisis. The Amazon is home to 40 million people , most of whom rely on the forest for their livelihoods. It also supports the global economy, from generating rainfall essential to agriculture and water security, to providing medicinal resources , storing carbon and regulating the climate. It's not just the Amazon; over half of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature. But we've grown the economy in ways that degrade the natural systems upon which it relies. Halting and reversing nature degradation will require transforming...
Businesses say Brussels got its math wrong on the carbon footprint of imports from China, Brazil and the U.S.
The Eurovision-esque music festival is an international competition that brings together musicians from across the Arctic. In its first time in North America, Iqaluit hosted Pan-Arctic Vision for its 2025 iteration.
From Atacama to Patagonia, Chile makes extremes easy with dark-sky nights, glacier days and coastal dinners.
A recent report says Canada is not doing enough to protect its shorelines, and despite sharing a quickly eroding Arctic coastline, the three territories do not have dedicated shoreline management plans.
International research and highly-specialized divers are bringing an underground, underwater world to the surface
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop A Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure has said she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officers in Seattle , Washington, who told her that her tribal identification “looked fake”. Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actor, alleges that she was stopped by four masked men while she was walking to a bus stop in Redmond. She offered them her ID card from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon but was told by an ICE agent that “anyone can make that.” Continue reading...
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has joined forces with the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) to share an ice-capable vessel that will resupply three Antarctic … The post International collaboration secures Antarctic station resupply for the next decade appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding Trees planted as part of a nature restoration project on Prince William’s land in Dartmoor national park have been deliberately poisoned with herbicide, sparking outrage and a hunt for the culprit. The willow trees, on Duchy of Cornwall land, were planted as part of a project to stop peat erosion, store carbon and reduce the risk of flooding. Continue reading...
The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø.
Hundreds of Oregon high school students walked out of school after ICE agents detained a 17-year-old male.
From the daily newsletter: our far-flung correspondent braves the ice.
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller. The narwhals’ acoustic signals, evolved for one of Earth’s quietest environments, fall silent. Continue reading...
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.
Violent underwater 'storms' are melting Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' from below, a new study warns.
Chinese education giant New Oriental has ignited online controversy after its founder posted an internal message from his holiday in Antarctica while employees were reportedly frustrated with long working hours. The message from Yu Minhong, which was designed to mark the company’s 32nd anniversary, has been slammed as self-serving and tone deaf. New Oriental was founded in 1993 in Beijing and began as a provider of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Record Examinations...
After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. They’re expected to get worse as the world warms
Large swathes of the country were already below freezing on Friday morning, with the Met Office saying parts of England could dip to around -7C as an Arctic blast tightens its grip.
Discovery Building takes shape The latest update from Rothera, our largest research station in Antarctica, where construction work on the new Discovery Building is advancing well as the summer season … The post 20 November 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[Liberian Investigator] Belém -- Liberia has issued a forceful appeal for Africans on the continent and across the diaspora to unite behind a common climate justice agenda, declaring that global climate negotiations must reflect the shared history, vulnerabilities, and aspirations of African-descended people everywhere.
Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom Bell and Graduate Mentor Sarah Lang Isabella Showman Detecting Coastal Sea Ice Extent and Freshet Event Timing in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Using Sentinel-1 C-SAR Isabella Showman, University of Washington The detachment of coastal […]
Areas in the UK have been identified as having high potential for effective carbon capture and storage.
Team Canada won't be completely awash in red-and-white at the upcoming Winter Games thanks to a new Olympic collection that widens the colour palette to maroons and glacier-inspired blue-greens.
A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a vast water ocean below its hydrocarbon-rich surface. But reanalysis of mission data suggests a more complicated picture: Titan’s interior is more likely composed of ice, with layers of slush and small pockets of warm water that form […]
Canadian researchers tracking bear known as X33991 noticed she had gained a second cub who likely needed help Scientists in Canada have documented a rare case of female polar bear adopting a new cub, in an episode of “curious behaviour” that highlights the complex relationships among the apex Arctic predators. Polar Bears International, a non-profit conservation group, said on Wednesday that when they first placed a GPS collar on a female polar bear in the spring, she had one young cub. But when she was spotted with two cubs of roughly the same age last month, they realized they were witnessing an exceedingly rare case of adoption. Continue reading...
Scientists were recently greeted with a most unexpected surprise when a polar bear mother and her cub were walking near Churchill in mid-November when scientists witnessed the mother adopt a second cub, marking just the 13th such case of cub adoption within the western Hudson Bay study population of northeastern Manitoba.
Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings about the region.
The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced on Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather. Between October 2024 and September 2025, temperatures were 1.60 degrees Celsius (2.88 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1991-2020 mean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual Arctic Report Card, which draws on data going back to...
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported. From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. Continue reading...
NY Times: Melting glaciers in the Himalayas are creating thousands of high-altitude lakes.
In today’s newsletter: As species across the world struggle to keep pace with global warming, how do we report the rare glimmers of hope without downplaying the accelerating ecological crisis? Good morning. Amid the constant drumbeat of bleak news about the planet’s environment and the accelerating climate emergency, the occasional bright spot still emerges. One example came last week, when researchers published the first statistical evidence that polar bears are changing their DNA in response to a warming Arctic. But is it really good news that human activity – the burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of habitats – is forcing animals to alter their genetic makeup? The picture, as ever, is complicated. Donald Trump | Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC over...
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage Europe live – latest updates Glaciers in the European Alps are likely to reach their peak rate of extinction in only eight years, according to a study, with more than 100 due to melt away permanently by 2033. Glaciers in the western US and Canada are forecast to reach their peak year of loss less than a decade later, with more than 800 disappearing each year by then. The melting of glaciers driven by human-caused global heating is one of the clearest signs of the climate crisis. Communities around the world have already held funeral ceremonies for lost glaciers, and a Global Glacier Casualty List records the names and histories of those that have vanished. ...
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
Rep. Ilhan Omar says ICE agents stopped her son in Minnesota and questioned his citizenship before releasing him after he showed his US passport.
A new study suggests that a colony of sea birds nesting on Cape Parry in the N.W.T. could face increasing threats related to increased Arctic shipping traffic and environmental change.
The massive Ice Age lake, roughly 100 miles long and 600 feet deep, dried up between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago as the climate warmed in what is now Death Valley National Park.
Researchers, engineers and support staff at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) five UK research stations and aboard the UK’s polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough mark the festive season at … The post Celebrating the festive season in Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Some athletes worry the Arctic Winter Games happening every three years instead of two will impact their playing eligibility and give Nunavut athletes even fewer opportunities to compete.
Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and changing DNA in a wild mammal species. Climate breakdown is threatening the survival of polar bears. Two-thirds of them are expected to have disappeared by 2050 as their icy habitat melts and the weather becomes hotter. Continue reading...
Maryland judge freed Ábrego as his case becomes a partisan flashpoint in battle over Trump’s deportation agenda A federal court in Maryland has ordered the release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE custody on Thursday, and he will be advised on his release conditions in his separate Tennessee criminal case. The case of Ábrego, a Salvadorian national who was a construction worker in Maryland, has become a proxy for the partisan struggle over Donald Trump ’s sweeping immigration policy and mass deportation agenda. Continue reading...
The president called immigrants such as Ilhan Omar ‘garbage’ – but this latest racist outburst may be another sign of weakness Last week, as ICE agents descended on Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota’s Twin Cities, and members of migrant communities there retreated into hiding, Donald Trump unleashed a wave of bigotry against the area’s Somali population in a moment of vitriol that was shockingly racist even by his own very low standards. Rousing himself to animation at the tail end of a televised 2 December cabinet meeting during which he sometimes appeared to be struggling to stay awake, the president disparaged Somali immigrants, many of whom are refugees from the country’s long-running civil conflict, as ungrateful and unfit for residence in the United States. “I don’t want ’em in our...
Chemical engineers have found a simple way to make capturing carbon emissions from industrial plants more energy-efficient.
The world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide is on the cusp of a turning point that could herald the beginning of a global decline in fossil fuel use
In survey, US school principals describe ‘climate of distress’ and declines in student attendance amid crackdowns Immigrant students across the US have experienced increased bullying, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdowns causing declines in attendance and a “culture of fear” among immigrant students in public schools, according to a new survey of high school principals. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (Idea) conducted a “nationally representative” survey of more than 600 principals about the toll of raids and deportations, and how schools were responding. Continue reading...
If search interest holds, glitchy glam, cool blue, aliencore and gummy bear aesthetics are among the vibes set to rock the creative world next year Next year, we’ll mostly be indulging in maximalist circus decor, working on our poetcore, hunting for the ethereal or eating cabbage in a bid for “individuality and self-preservation”, according to Pinterest. The organisation’s predictions for Australian trends in 2026 have landed, which – according to the platform used by interior decorators, fashion lovers and creatives of all stripes – includes 1980s, aliens, vampires and “forest magic”. Continue reading...
A “green glacier” of trees is steadily taking over native grasslands. Landowners are banding together to treat the problem with fire.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 23, 16 December 2025.
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
Effective immediately, the Arctic Winter Games will move from happening every two years to every three years until 2032. That means after the 2026 games, the next will be held in 2029.
Patty Murray of Washington state said ICE agents lied to Wilmer Toledo-Martinez to lure him outside before dog attacked him A US senator has condemned the Trump administration after she alleged that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “attack dog” mauled one of her constituents. Democratic senator Patty Murray of Washington state said Wilmer Toledo-Martinez suffered “horrific” injuries while ICE agents detained him in November. Continue reading...
[Daily News] Lilongwe -- TANZANIA, through the Tanzania Forest Service (TFS), has joined other African countries in an international workshop that discussed new methods for measuring and monitoring the amount of carbon sequestered by trees growing outside forests, known as Trees Outside Forests (TOF).
Open access notables Bedrock uplift reduces Antarctic sea-level contribution over next centuries , van Calcar et al., Nature Communications The contribution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to barystatic sea-level rise could be as high as eight metres around 2300 but remains deeply uncertain. Ice sheet retreat causes bedrock uplift, which can exert a stabilising effect on the grounding line. Yet, sea-level projections exclude bedrock adjustment, use simplified Earth structures or omit the uncertainty in climate response and Earth structure. We show that the grounding line retreat is delayed by 50 to 130 years and the barystatic sea-level contribution reduced by 9–23% when the heterogeneity of the solid Earth is included in a coupled ice – bedrock model under...
On Thursday morning, carbon removal firm Storegga confirmed they would be pulling out of the scheme, following a ‘strategic review’.
The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region.
The frigid temperatures from a massive polar vortex are now expected to stay over the US until the end of the year.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Does the recent slowdown in Arctic sea-ice extent loss disprove human-caused warming? The recent pause in Arctic sea-ice loss is natural variability on top of a long-term, human-driven decline. Arctic sea ice naturally expands in winter and contracts in summer, but satellite records since the late 1970s show a steep multi-decade decline in the yearly minimum of sea ice. Short-term fluctuations such as changes in ocean currents and regional weather can temporarily slow or accelerate melt, but cannot reverse the overall downward trajectory. Although the record low minimum ice extent occurred...
"Carbon pricing is not dead," expert says of group led by Brazil with 18 members including China and the EU that have carbon markets.
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled.
The NYPD and ICE agents were clashed with a large group of protesters blocking the streets in New York's Chinatown on Saturday morning, leading to at least two arrests.
A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality Earlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back. In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe...
A teenage college student was deported by ICE agents despite a federal judge's orders against her removal.
Whitehorse is set to welcome thousands of participants to the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in March. With just 100 days to go before event, local organizers say they'll be ready.
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
On the 32nd anniversary of New Oriental, a private Beijing-based education services provider, the company’s founder, Yu Minhong, wrote an internal letter to his staff about his trip to the South Pole. “I am standing in the icy world of Antarctica, surrounded by vast expanses of pure white, emerald-like icebergs and boundless tranquillity,” he wrote. “The glaciers shimmer with a captivating glow under the sunlight, as if to silently declare the power of time and the meaning of perseverance.” He...
The first high-resolution images have been received from Copernicus Sentinel-1D and were shared publicly for the first time at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council, held today in Bremen, Germany. Glaciers in Antarctica, the tip of South America, as well as the city of Bremen, are visible in these stunning radar images.
A food bank worker shot from behind by an ICE agent last month pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
A polar vortex — a large area of low pressure — is heading south from the Arctic, bringing with it cold weather across many parts of Canada.
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In 2014, the term “polar vortex” burst on the scene across Canada and the U.S. as temperatures plunged. In some places, it was colder than it was on Mars. Well, get ready to hear more about it.
Ocean carbon removal, touted as a climate solution, faces significant hurdles. A new EU report cautions that these unproven technologies lack evidence of effectiveness, measurability, or environmental safety. Experts warn of potential damage to marine ecosystems and new climate risks if deployed prematurely, stressing the need for robust scientific data and strict monitoring before large-scale implementation.
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding
A global race is on to secure Arctic resources, particularly rare earths, as nations seek alternatives to China's dominance. Melting ice is unlocking Greenland's mineral wealth, attracting significant investment and sparking discoveries of crucial metals for electronics and defense. Sweden is also developing its own substantial rare earth deposits, though challenges in remote Arctic mining remain.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 22, 28 November 2025.
Met Office warnings for snow and ice remained in force across the UK today, with more ice alerts for tomorrow morning. A UK Health Security Agency amber cold health alert will be active until Saturday.
Solar Cycle 25 is hitting its chaotic peak, turning the aurora into a global spectacle and pushing once-sleepy outposts, dark-sky parks and Arctic hotels into full-blown sky-chasing mode.
Photographer Paul Goldstein spent time with a colony of Emperor penguins while guiding in the Antarctic this month.
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
A warning for snow and ice reaches as far south as Cornwall, with much of western England and Scotland also facing yellow weather warnings.
The Met Office has issued an Amber weather warning with nearly a foot of snowfall expected in some areas as parts of Britain are gripped by an Arctic snap.