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Climate

Arctic sea ice shrinks to record winter low as the planet warms

Since satellites began tracking it, Arctic sea ice's winter peak has shrunk by an area about the size of Pakistan.

28/03/2025

Green News

World’s biggest iceberg on collision course with remote British island

The colossal A23a iceberg has travelled more than 3,000km since it broke off from its Antarctican ice shelf.

23/01/2025

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

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

Nature

Breakthrough tech will help researchers track polar bears in the wild

Current research relies on satellite collars that can only be fitted to adult female bears.

20/07/2024

Nature

Could giant viruses slow the Arctic ice-melt?

Arctic ice is shrinking by 13 per cent a decade, but newly discovered giant viruses could help slow some of the decline.

07/06/2024

Nature

Climate change could mean oceans filled with jellyfish

Warming waters could see these transparent gelatinous creatures’ habitat spread north towards the poles.

17/05/2024

Climate

UN sounds red alert after ‘chart-busting’ 2023 climate records

The latest State of the Global Climate report shows a planet on the brink, warns UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

19/03/2024

Nature

'Incredibly rare' gray whale reappears in the Atlantic after 200 years

This marine animal was almost hunted to extinction during the era of commercial whaling.

07/03/2024

Green News

The Arctic could become ‘ice-free’ within a decade, new study finds

An ice-free Arctic is inevitable, but the good news is the polar region can quickly bounce back if we cut CO2 emissions.

05/03/2024

Nature

Longer Arctic summers could be driving polar bears to extinction

Scientists expect that longer time spent on land will increase the risk of starvation.

14/02/2024

Green News

Iceberg twice the size of London is moving away from Antarctic waters

The iceberg split from the Antarctic's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

29/11/2023

Green News

Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk ‘significantly’, scientists say

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

13/10/2023

Climate

Antarctic sea ice melting hits ‘extreme’ record, scientists warn

Emissions cuts are urgently needed, as Antarctic winter sea ice drops 1 million square kilometres below its previous record.

26/09/2023

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

Climate

Antarctica is not ‘frozen in time’, scientists warn as heatwaves bite

Faster action is needed to address Antarctica’s extreme weather, a new report warns.

08/08/2023

Climate

The good and the bad news from Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Crevasses ‘like a set of sugar cubes’ and sea anemones: Here's what scientists saw at Thwaites Glacier.

16/02/2023

Nature

London-sized iceberg breaks off Antarctica - but scientists aren’t worried

A huge iceberg measuring more than 1,550 square kilometres broke away from the 150 metre thick Brunt Ice Shelf on Sunday.

25/01/2023

Climate

Inside the submarine mission to protect 95% of Antarctica’s waters

There is less ice in Antarctica ‘right now than at any other time in recorded history.’

17/01/2023