Antarctica, Greenland ice sheet melting matches worst-case climate change scenarios: Study
Ice sheets lose ice at rates predicted by worst-case scenarios estimated in the last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Arctic coastline receded six times more in 2017: Study
The warming climate is increasing the summer seasons and causing storms that are washing away the coastal permafrost
We have already stepped on the minefield: Scientist on reversing global warming
Arctic Sea ice retreated record fast in spring 2020; also, the summer sea ice was only half as large as decades ago
Close shave: Giant iceberg grazes Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf
A chunk bigger than A-74 would have been knocked off the iceshelf had the impact been stronger
Arctic sea ice hits its minimum extent for the year — 2 NASA scientists explain what’s driving the overall decline
As the Arctic’s bright ice is replaced by a darker open ocean surface, less of the sun’s radiation is reflected back to space, …
Anthropocene in the Arctic
A behind the scenes account of how the scientific community came to terms with the changing landscape of the Arctic
Towards breaking point
The imminent calving of ice shelf, Larsen C, will reduce Antarctica to its smallest ever size. Is global warming responsible?
On the move: Antarctic iceberg the size of Greater London breaks away
Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf has broken off into an iceberg of 1,550 aquare kilometre size. However, the event was expected and not linked to …
Change status of emperor penguins to ‘vulnerable’: Study
The iconic Antarctic bird needs more protection if it is to survive the rapid melting of sea ice due to global warming, it says
Where’s the sea ice? 3 reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters
This year’s events in the Arctic are just part of the climate change story of 2020
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks — destabilising its internal structure
This is a tragedy in making for half a billion people populating vulnerable coastal regions
Changing Arctic: New insight on freeze-melt cycle of sea ice
Accelerated warming is thinning sea ice, affecting exchange of heat between ocean and atmosphere
Mega iceberg released 158 billion tonnes of water into ocean
Over Christmas 2020, the mega iceberg hit the headlines around the world after coming worryingly close to South Georgia, raising concerns it …
Heat from the Earth’s interior causing Greenland’s ice sheet to melt: study
This is for the first time that the ice loss has been linked to escaped heat from the Earth's interior
Ice-free Arctic this summer: a possibility signalling drastic climate change
Melting of Arctic ice is having a cascading effect on tundra animals, triggering extreme weather conditions and changing landscape pattern
Mercury rising in the Arctic; scientists discover over 1.6 million tonnes in reserves
Scientists discover 793,000 tonnes of mercury in frozen permafrost soils and another 863,000 tonnes in unfrozen soils in the northern permafrost …
Boiling Siberia shows temperature swings may be increasing: Experts
The warming of the Arctic, as seen by the Siberian heatwave, may also impact western disturbances in India
Sea ice on both poles at record low, finds WMO report
Antarctic sea ice cover at record low for 2nd consecutive year; Arctic sea ice extent is also at an all-time minimum
Month of climate contradictions: Contrasts noted worldwide in March 2023, finds Copernicus
European meteorological agency noted world’s second joint warmest March on record; Antarctic sea ice the second lowest on record
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet?
It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
Arctic winter sea ice in 2021 joint seventh-lowest on record, finds NASA
The sea ice maximum in 2021 is not close to a record, but still quite low compared to any year prior to 2000, according to lead author of …
Climate change 'hitting harder and sooner' than forecast: Report
Global temperatures have risen by 1.1°C since 1850, and have increased 0.2°C between 2011 and 2015
Major Impact on climate due to extension of Amery Ice Shelf, NCPOR study says
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica
Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets
New study shows temperatures in Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least a 1,000 years
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it
Arctic lands are a patchwork of permafrost carbon feedbacks, and our future depends on the uncertain fate of the microbes within