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Green News

Melting Arctic glaciers have revealed 2,500km of new coastline

The unstable new coastline poses safety risks for the tourists that flock to coastal glacial areas for their beauty and abundant wildlife.

02/04/2025

Green News

Türkiye’s 20,000-year-old glaciers may vanish in the next two decades

The remaining glacial area in the Cilo Mountains has been damaged and degraded, scientists say.

01/04/2025

Green News

Why is a Peruvian farmer taking German energy giant RWE to court?

The case has taken nearly 10 years to be heard with judges travelling to Peru to visit his village.

17/03/2025

Climate

Scientists say Europe is safe from collapse of vital Atlantic, for now

Researchers say the results of new computer simulations should be "reassuring" but are no greenlight for complacency.

27/02/2025

Green News

Scientists predict exact month the Arctic could lose all its sea ice

The Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free day before 2030, earlier than scientists predicted.

04/12/2024

Green News

New Greenpeace photos show rapid Arctic ice retreat in Svalbard

Greenpeace has released a new series of images illustrating the extent of polar ice retreat in the Arctic.

30/11/2024

Climate

Scientists warn collapse of key ocean current could be ‘catastrophic’

AMOC collapse would bring severe global climate repercussions, with Europe bearing the brunt of the consequences.

24/10/2024

Green News

Scientists in the Arctic have found a way to grow sea ice

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating at a faster rate than in previous decades, raising concerns about a total collapse.

24/09/2024

Green News

How climate change is killing one of Italy’s largest glaciers

Since 1888, the glacier has lost more than 80 per cent of its surface area.

10/09/2024

Green News

Melting ice caps are making days longer, Swiss study finds

Researchers say emissions from human activity are having a greater impact on our planet than we might realise.

16/07/2024

Nature

Austria's glaciers will be gone in 45 years, report warns

The report details the rapid shrinking of 93 glaciers in Austria in the last couple of years.

08/04/2024

World News

Euroviews. The continued rise in CO2 is unacceptable. This lunacy cannot continue

The cryosphere — Earth’s ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, polar oceans, glaciers and snow — is ground zero for climate change, and it pays no attention to rhetoric, only to our actions, Dr Julie Brigham-Grette and Dr Martin Siegert write.

10/11/2023

Green News

Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk ‘significantly’, scientists say

The European Space Agency has called the findings "alarming."

13/10/2023

World News

Antarctica: Latest report says melting sea ice 'not yet irreversible'

In its recently published 'Impact of Climate Change report,' the Potsdam Institute for Research warned that while the marine ice sheet is not destabilised yet, the point of no return could come sooner rather than later.

07/09/2023

Green News

Antarctic sea ice loss decimates emperor penguin colonies

Research has found that sea ice around Antarctica has decreased significantly in the last seven years.

24/08/2023

Destinations

Alaska's famous glacier is melting but the cruise ships keep coming

Crammed with tourists, Alaska's capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes.

07/08/2023

Culture news

Swedish kids take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons

Safety takes on a new dimension for many young Swedes as sub-zero temperatures and the surrounding conditions are a daily danger in winter. Frozen lakes are common playgrounds which means first-aid training and rescue to prepare for the worst is obligatory from a young age.

13/02/2023

Travel News

Watch visitors slide down into the unreal blue of Iceland’s ice caves

Hundreds of tourists flock to Iceland’s amazing ice caves every winter - but how long will the natural wonders last?

10/02/2023

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WATCH: Tourists flock to the Black Diamond cave in Iceland

Tourists flock to visit the Black Diamond cave in southeast Iceland.

08/02/2023

Living

How can 50,000-year-old ice help to solve the climate crisis?

Antarctic ice is helping scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the last 50,000 years.

02/02/2023