The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Russia welcomes countries to get ‘directly involved’ in the development of its 3,500-mile-long Northern Sea Route, the country’s president said at the Belt and Road forum in Beijing

While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively stable – compared to the Arctic. In some areas Antarctic sea ice was even increasing.

An Inuit teenager faces nature’s power and the repercussions of colonialism in a compelling debut from a singer-songwriter

The year 2023 has been one of extremes, from heatwaves that baked millions across the globe and made the summer the world’s hottest on record to the fires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate across Western Canada. From the feel of surprising warmth in the mid-winter sun to the…

These globe-trotting shorebirds travel nonstop from the Arctic but urbanisation is leading to their dramatic decline

Concerns that world is experiencing start of a long-term trend of decline in Antarctic sea ice.

Antarctic sea ice extent hit record low this winter, per NSIDC. Impact on animals like penguins & global warming could be dire. Study finds warming ocean temperatures driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions contributing to lower sea ice levels since 2016.

After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s.

Climate scientists are examining whether observed changes in climate variables, such as decreasing monsoon rainfall, increasing extreme rainfall, droughts, heatwaves, and cyclones, are trends, shifts, or decadal cycles. These distinctions are important for how we plan for resources, such as water, crops, and energy. A new study suggests a shift…