The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Polar Vortex

"Polar vortex" has gained popularity and is used in the winter, when the Northern Hemisphere experiences its coldest months

Zenger · Feb 1, 2023

Primates colonised the Arctic during a period of ancient global warming -- their fate offers a lesson as climate change speeds up

Two new species of prehistoric primate were recently identified by scientists studying fossils from Canada’s Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic. The primates are closely related and likely originated from a single colonisation event, following which they split into two species: Ignacius dawsonae and Ignacius mckennai.

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

Spellbinding polar night gets darker in warming Arctic

At 10:40 a.m. on a day in January, two powerful beams of light from the Svalbard governor’s boat pierced the complete darkness of the mountain-fringed fjord it was sailing. It was carrying the children’s choir from this remote village’s church to visit an even more isolated Arctic outpost.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Country diary: An Arctic rarity has caused a stir

Langstone, Hampshire: Hunkered down out of the wind, away from its cackling cousins, is a lone Sabine’s gull

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

UK snow forecast: Ice and dense fog as temperatures drop to -6C in Arctic blast

Bitterly cold weather will continue into Friday with temperatures dropping as low as -6C while there is expected to be ice and dense fog in parts of the country

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Alberta Clipper To Drop Snow In Chicago, Detroit Ahead Of Next Arctic Blast

A brewing storm is predicted to deliver a swath of accumulating snow from the northern Rockies to the northern and central plains

Zenger · Jan 26, 2023

Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic

Social life in the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen — hemmed in by mountains, a glacier and a fjord on a remote Arctic island — has long revolved around its only church

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Exact date when UK will finally warm up as Arctic-conditions swamp Britain

The country has shivered in chilly temperatures for most of 2023 so far with freezing fog the latest to test people's nerves, but the Met Office has revealed warmer times are coming

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

Snow warning for UK with blizzard-like conditions to hit and temperatures PLUMMET

More wintry weather is expected to fall in the coming weeks with several centimetres set to bring roads to a halt in some areas after weekend of freezing conditions

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

Inuit warn ‘rock concert-like’ noise from ships affecting Arctic wildlife

Calls for mandatory measures to reduce underwater noise pollution as melting ice opens up shipping routes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023