The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Breakthrough pushes back DNA record by 1m years to time when region was 11–19C warmer than today

Scientists have identified DNA from animals, plants and microbes dating to about 2 million years ago - the oldest on record by far - from sediment at Greenland's northernmost point dug up around the mouth of an Arctic Ocean fjord, revealing an amazing lost world at this remote frontier.

The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings as the Troll of Trondheim arrives in the UK as part of a pre-Christmas cold snap which could bring up to 15cm of snow

Some parts of the UK could see temperatures fall to -10C

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Merseyside

Met Eireann has issued several weather warnings as dangerous Arctic air spreads over the country

Arctic air will send temperatures plummeting below freezing across the United Kingdom this morning, with the Met Office now warning people to wrap up warm as more cold weather is expected

Arctic researchers say China recently has sent and announced plans to imminently send several people to its two most important scientific outposts in Norway and Iceland after lengthy absences of Chinese scientists from both sites.

Forecasters say cold Arctic air will move in from Wednesday evening, with the UK Health and Security Agency issuing a cold weather alert.