STATEMENT: More Than 30 Countries Join New OceanEye Alliance to Strengthen Global Ocean Observation nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 09/23/2026 - 13:17 NEW YORK (September 23, 2026) — Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney launched the OceanEye International Alliance , a new effort to strengthen global ocean observation and secure more sustainable support for the Global Ocean Observing System. The alliance aims to close critical monitoring gaps, broaden financial and in-kind support and improve access to the ocean data countries need to prepare for extreme weather, manage marine resources and strengthen coastal resilience. More than 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Americas joined the new alliance, with...
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles (4.6 million square kilometers), tying 2008, 2010, and 2025 for the 10th-lowest minimum in the satellite record. […]
Cambridge engineers have built the first microscope to see inside living cells in sub-zero conditions, revealing secrets of Antarctic fish survival. The post Cambridge researchers look inside living Antarctic cells for first time appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Arctic sea ice minimum ties for tenth lowest On September 12, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.60 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles). The 2026 minimum shares the tenth lowest spot in the nearly 48-year satellite record with 2008, 2010, and 2025. The last 20 years, from 2007 to 2026, are the lowest 20 sea ice extents in the satellite record. In the Antarctic, sea ice extent has been tracking near record low levels for most of the growth season, most likely reaching its maximum extent on September 14 at 17.59 million square kilometers (6.79 million square miles). If this maximum date holds, this will be the third lowest Antarctic sea ice maximum on record. It must be noted that large fluctuations...
Expedition yachting has become luxury's newest arms race, where prestige is measured in polar permits, helicopters and submarines instead of beach clubs.
Teresa De Jesus Ochoa Briseno was returned to Mexico by ICE on Monday, just days after her 17-year-old son was detained by ICE agents In Alamo, Texas.
A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a US immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, told reporters he was delivering an order for DoorDash on Sunday when his vehicle was rammed by an ICE agent and he was shot. “I’m in a lot of pain because the shot fractured my clavicle and at the hospital where they took me they couldn’t remove the bullet because it’s close to the spinal cord … I’m not doing very...
Antarctica once had colossal mountains that may have helped transform life on Earth
Northerners want the federal government to take a firm line on any disputes in the Arctic over borders or resources, according to new polling.
Experts warn that the warming climate expands open-water seasons and melts sea ice leaving Arctic shorelines increasingly vulnerable to harsh waves. As the hamlet awaits federal response on expanded mitigation proposals, local leaders view current defences as a crucial measure to buy time for eventual planned relocation.
While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010.
Researchers described it as a cascading disaster rather than conventional flood. Around 2 sq km of rock wall and glacier ice collapsed from Langtang Lirung at about 5,150 metres, plunging around 1,400 metres before turning into a debris flood. Water, rock, ice and sediment then travelled around 22km to Rasuwagadhi in seven minutes, leaving downstream settlements with almost no warning.
Marat Kabaev has acquired a stake in a major logistics company working on state oil giant Rosneft’s flagship Arctic project.
Asian nations began pilot voyages over a decade ago to find routes to Europe and the Middle East that were faster and less vulnerable to chokepoints. The ongoing war has added impetus to those efforts.
The breakup of Canada's last intact ice shelf caused the freshwater lake to drain away in just a few months.
Forest and peatland fires raging across Indonesia are threatening to become more than an environmental emergency, with analysts warning that the thickening haze could weigh on economic activity, strain public health and test confidence in the nation’s fledgling carbon market. Indonesia is no stranger to forest and peat fires, but this year’s super El Nino has helped make it the country’s most intense wildfire season in 11 years. Toxic haze and smoke have also drifted to neighbouring countries...
New research suggests that Antarctica and Greenland have lost more than 11 trillion tons of ice since the 1970s, and the main driver isn't surface melting.
ICE agents turned up at David Streever's home over a harsh email he sent to an ICE official. Now a court order prevents the federal government from making additional threats against him.
The post Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser appeared first on ProPublica.
Researchers reveal how communities of marine bacteria divide the task of degrading fucoidan, a key player in ocean carbon storage.
An Indian emissions trading scheme is now inspiring global environmental solutions. This innovative approach incentivizes industries to reduce pollution effectively. Gujarat's successful pilot program demonstrated significant emission reductions and cost savings. The scheme is now expanding across India and attracting international interest. This model offers a competitive advantage for industries embracing cleaner practices.
A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.
The Pegase 26 mission from France brings Rafale jets into action as they journey 40,000 kilometers across three continents. This ambitious undertaking not only demonstrates France's skills in executing swift long-distance operations but also enhances collaborative capabilities with partners through essential aerial refueling. Taking an innovative northern route crossing the Arctic, the mission underscores France's strategic prominence and dedication to bolstering global security relationships.
Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit One in nine migratory birds are threatened with extinction and 45% of migratory species such as cuckoos, turtle doves and Arctic terns are in decline, according to a global report. The migratory slender-billed curlew was officially declared extinct last year, the first global bird extinction in mainland Eurasia and Africa in recent centuries. Worldwide, seven migratory bird species have been confirmed or are suspected to have become extinct over the last 150 years. Continue reading...
Global oil price at its highest since May while investors dump stocks and bonds after Donald Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ promise Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fuel prices are on track to climb a further 20-30 cents per litre over the coming weeks, after the escalating Middle East conflict pushed the global oil price to its highest since mid-May. As investors dumped stocks and bonds in an increasingly febrile environment, Donald Trump’s promise to give every US adult citizen a US$5,000 “dividend” after the November midterms if Republicans win added to alarm around the parlous state of the country’s finances. Continue reading...
Researchers found evidence that Ice Age foragers were sucking psychoactive betel nuts 25,000 years ago.
Arctic zigs; Antarctic zags Greetings, readers! Our monthly sea ice analyses are returning just in time for the September equinox. In the Arctic, the sea ice extent this summer was tracking 2012 levels until August. While Siberia and the Canadian Archipelago experienced a very warm summer, the high-latitude Arctic Ocean was relatively cool. In the Antarctic, sea ice underwent an unusually large mid-winter decline over a week in August. Overview of conditions Arctic sea ice extent for August 2026 averaged 5.56 million square kilometers (2.15 million square miles), the seventh lowest in the satellite record (Figure 1a). This monthly average extent was 840,000 square kilometers (324,000 square miles) above the satellite record low set in 2012 (Figure 1b). Sea ice extent...
Discover why the Odden ice tongue, once common in the Greenland Sea, is reappearing after years of absence.
Permafrost is a key component of the Arctic’s complex ecosystem: it stores large quantities of carbon over long periods and provides for firm, stable ground. As the ice melts, the ground subsides, creating a depression in which meltwater can collect and, over many years, grows into a lake. While these thermokarst lakes accelerate the thawing of permafrost, they are a vital source of livelihood for local people at the same time. With technical support from North American partners, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have established the ‘Lost Lakes‘ database, which provides key information on the state of Arctic thermokarst lakes in real time, as well as over longer periods. This enables detecting changes in permafrost landscapes as soon as they occur and helps local communities to respond...
A massive molar was hanging out in a Bay Area creek.
A scientist surveying a San Mateo County creek accidentally discovered an ancient Ice Age molar while working to improve habitat for a threatened frog.
Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica experienced a notable gain in ice mass, primarily driven by exceptional snowfall in East Antarctica. This unusual occurrence, influenced by warmer tropical ocean temperatures, caused atmospheric disturbances that transported moisture southward. Although this gain temporarily countered ongoing ice loss in other regions, it does not signify a change in Antarctica's long-term trend of declining ice mass.
Melting Arctic glaciers are creating a 'doom loop' by flushing ancient methane out from the rocks beneath the ice, a study has found.
Melting glaciers spell disaster around the world. Protecting people will be a challenge for decades to come.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 17, 16 September 2026.
Ancient Irish cave art may reveal a lost Ice Age route from Wales.
The massive slab of ice broke off from one of Greenland's largest glaciers and has been drifting away since.
Peat fires in Borneo are releasing ancient stores of carbon - and sending a toxic smog across South East Asia.
The tragic death of a junior Chinese customs officer on the Sino-Nepal border, who had only been in her position for four days before being killed in a catastrophic mudslide, has stirred immense heartbreak online. Twenty-four-year-old Li Leiyang began her role as a plant quarantine officer at the Customs at Gyirong Port in Tibet on August 21, according to a report by news portal 163.com. On August 26, while Li was working at her desk, a glacier collapsed in Nepal, triggering a mudslide and...
During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
As Beijing and Moscow double down on the Arctic shipping route, Europe is hitting the brakes. Despite being the main destination for goods along the route and accounting for most of the world’s shipping giants, Europe opposes the commercialisation of Arctic transits, wary of fragile polar ecosystems and navigational risks amid rising anxiety over Russia and China’s closer polar collaboration. “In Europe, cooperation between China and Russia on container shipping is often viewed as another...
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.
Everest’s seasonal city produces enough heat to melt thousands of tons of ice.
Churchill, Man. is home to thousands of beluga whales this time of year, and soon hundreds of polar bears will also gather around the community.
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) says a contentious industrial development near Ice Lake in Whitehorse should go ahead.
Global temperatures are poised to breach the limit set by the Paris Agreement, and large-scale carbon dioxide removal will be needed, according to the U.N.
Swap rates rise to three-year high as increase in oil prices leads to fears of higher inflation Business live – latest updates Homeowners in the UK are braced for a jump in mortgage rates, driven by higher inflation and interest rate increase expectations amid turmoil in the global bond markets. UK swap rates, which lenders use to price mortgages, have risen to a three-year high, as this week’s global bond market sell-off ripples through the economy. Continue reading...
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters, a senior climate official warns as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic landslide and flood on the China-Nepal border continues to rise. “Over the past 60 years, the glacier area on the Tibetan Plateau has shrunk by around 24 per cent, with around 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely,” Gao Rong, deputy director of China’s National Climate Centre, told a...
For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after U.S. demands to acquire the territory. - REUTERS
[Liberian Observer] The government has moved closer to turning one of its greatest natural assets--its forests and other carbon-rich ecosystems--into a potential source of international climate finance.
A glacier collapse in Nepal and China showed visible signs days before the disaster. Scientists noted brown meltwater and a propagating crack as pre-event indications. The disaster killed over 1,100 people, with more lives potentially saved by better warning systems. Comprehensive monitoring of glaciers and slopes is now stressed for vulnerable communities. Enhanced cross-border cooperation is also needed for transboundary hazard management.
A growing number of Chinese workers are sharing tips on social media to combat “office ageing.” Suggestions range from applying sunscreen and using full-face masks to setting up parasols at their desks. Recently, a RedNote user with the handle @lelehangmu from Jiangsu province in eastern China shared that just one month into his job, his complexion had noticeably darkened, and his eyes frequently felt strained. The post quickly resonated with others. Another user reported that she appeared...
Residents and rescuers in the Tibet autonomous region paused for three minutes on Tuesday morning to remember the victims of last week’s mudslide disaster. Sirens sounded for three minutes from 9.55am at the Gyirong Port police station, with similar memorials at rescue and road-reopening sites throughout the region, according to state broadcaster CCTV. More than 1,000 people died and thousands remain missing along the China-Nepal border area after a glacier collapsed at Langtang Lirung on the...
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Researchers have found a way to slash emissions from one of the most carbon-intensive industries in the world.
China warned on Monday there was a “major risk” of further glacier collapses and landslides along the border with Nepal as the death toll from last week’s deadly mudslide rose to close to 1,000. The Ministry of Water Resources said there was an ongoing threat along the Cuojian River in Nepal, a waterway that flows into the Purepuqiang River in Tibet, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Downstream in Tibet there was also a risk that further landslides would cause a new barrier lake to form,...
The Antarctic coastal zone is not simply the edge of the continent. It is a tightly coupled system where the ice from the ice sheet extends over the seabed, initially resting on it and further out floating as ice shelves. Here, mass, heat and nutrients are exchanged with the ocean through various processes. Even the smallest changes can have outsized consequences. Yet key coastal conditions remain poorly mapped as an international review published in the journal Reviews of Geophysics shows. It highlights key knowledge gaps and the need for improved observations at a pan-Antarctic scale. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and...
Learn how a new microscope revealed living Antarctic fish cells in detail and why their protein-folding challenges could matter to the human brain.
Linking California and Washington's carbon markets will cut more pollution and increase revenue for key state programs, officials said.
A federal judge has ordered that the Venezuelan man who was shot Sunday by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas, must appear at a court hearing Sept. 30.
Learn more about the 18,000-year-old mammoth ivory figurines that suggest Ice Age artists drew inspiration from the natural structure of mammoth tusks.
President Trump threatened the annihilation of Iran if its leaders refuse to strike a deal and framed the U.S. as conquerors of Venezuela, while promoting himself as a problem solver in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. “To the victor go the spoils,” Trump told the crowd, touting an oil deal with Venezuela after he launched a military operation removing its authoritarian leader in January. The president’s remarks at the global summit kicked off a whirlwind day that included a secret meeting between U.S. officials and the Iranian delegation, with the two sides at an impasse nearly seven months into the war. Trump also signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that ended a standoff over his threats to invade or annex the Arctic island. Here are...
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of the US president’s demand that the United States adopt Greenland as a US territory to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China. But the deal does...
Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. are to sign a deal on Greenland's security on Tuesday, an agreement Denmark says will put Arctic security under NATO's watch rather than leaving it solely to Washington and Copenhagen.
A new study of found hidden glaciers equivalent to “roughly 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools,” and its secrets may help fight future droughts.
Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported Banished: Trump’s secret deportation deals What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy? As hundreds of masked and armed US federal agents besieged the streets of Minneapolis, turning the midwestern city into the frontline of the Trump administration’s unprecedented crackdown on immigration, the independent photographer John Abernathy was documenting one of the protests that had become a daily occurrence when Immigration and Customs Enforcement tackled him. A photograph of him on the ground, pepper spray running down his face, captured the violence with which ICE agents had for weeks treated immigrants and the thousands of US citizens who had come to their defence...
At the end of May, a ship named the Christophe de Margerie slipped out of Utrenneye, a port on the flat, treeless Siberian coast of the Kara Sea in the Arctic
[Daba Finance] Biochar Industrial Group has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to turn agricultural waste from African food processors into carbon-removal credits. Breega led the round, with participation from Catalyst Fund, while the Mulago Foundation provided non-dilutive funding.
Ice from Greenland and Antarctica is flowing faster into the ocean, a new study shows, causing sea levels to rise.
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found. Researchers identified unusually warm conditions before the glacier’s collapse , which sent an avalanche of 110m cubic metres (3,885 cu ft) of snow and ice into the valley below. This triggered flash floods on an almost unprecedented scale, hitting communities downstream without warning. Continue reading...
The longest satellite data record of ice-sheet change ever assembled has revealed that Greenland and Antarctica have lost a staggering 11 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s, driving global sea level up by more than three centimetres.However, the new findings also highlight that the story is not simply one of ice melting at the surface. The glaciers that drain these vast ice sheets are also flowing faster, channelling enormous quantities of ice directly into the ocean.
Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice over the last 50 years, raising global sea levels by more than 1.1 inches (3cm), a new study reveals.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 18, 28 September 2026.
The Polar Bear finally broke the ice in Queens.
The collapse of one of Earth's most important ocean currents could trigger a huge dip in global food production, scientists have warned.
The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches “peak water” by mid-century, according to a study released this month. The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August along the Nepal-Tibet border, which caused cascading landslides and flash floods in the valleys below. At least 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,300 are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet...
University Hospitals Trust Plymouth have been re-awarded a contract to provide medical support to the British Antarctic Survey for the next four years. The post University Hospitals Trust Plymouth renew Antarctic medical contract appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Called the Global Glacier Extinction Explorer, the interactive tool is the brainchild of scientists from ETH Zurich and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The extraordinary discovery began when a researcher stumbled across what she believed was an oddly shaped rock nestled in a San Mateo County creek bed over the summer.
When you crank up the temperature and pressure, ice gets really wonky.
A scientist surveying for frogs discovered a rare 10,000-year-old Ice Age Pacific mastodon tooth in a San Mateo County creek in the Bay Area.
The Tara Polar Station – a ship built specifically for polar missions by the French organisation Tara Ocean Foundation – is deliberately allowing itself to become trapped in the sea ice in order to explore the Arctic Ocean. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are also taking part in the Tara Polaris I expedition (2026–2027). The Tara Polar Station has now reached the ice floe; the resulting drift marks the start of an international research programme planned for the next two decades. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the state of our planet’s only polar ocean, as well as the state of the Earth itself.
[Daily Maverick] Conservation scientist Lee White reflects on four decades spent creating Gabon's national parks, tackling illegal logging and confronting the failures of global carbon markets.
The Origins carbon capture and storage hub, located east of Lacombe, is to initially have capacity to permanently store up to 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt together On Alaska’s North Slope, scientists tread carefully across clumps of tussock grasses toward a fast-flowing stream draining the imposing Brooks Range of ice and snow. Near Galbraith Creek, they string out a mist net for white-crowned sparrows. The birds have recently arrived from southerly latitudes, intent on feasting on the insects that will soon descend on the tundra like storm clouds. The Arctic summer is short-lived, and sparrows have only a few weeks to establish territories, find mates, lay eggs and raise their chicks on a steady diet of bugs. From every ensnared bird, the scientists collect blood...
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw isn't convinced that Antarctica is a real place.
Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.
“I do not want to stop [searching]. If I pause, I start thinking about my brothers and sisters and all the moments of my life here.” Gui Xinwei, deputy chief of the Gyirong Border Inspection Station, was speaking to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV from the ruins of his workplace, seven days after the devastating mudslide erased the port crossing where China and Nepal meet. “I just don’t want to stop.” Gui was away on holiday on August 26 when a glacier collapsed in Nepal, triggering a massive...
Federal Greens partyroom split over plan for NSW to get millions of dollars’ worth in carbon credits for creating a koala national park Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A New South Wales Greens MP has made an impassioned plea to her federal colleagues, urging them not to vote with the Coalition and One Nation to block a plan for the NSW government to get millions of dollars’ worth in carbon credits for creating a koala national park. Sue Higginson, a former lawyer and forest campaigner turned NSW upper house MP, is the first member of the minor party to speak in detail about a dispute that has split the Greens and environmentalists. Continue reading...
China and Russia have conducted their first joint on-site sea ice survey in the Arctic Ocean aboard the Xuelong 2 research icebreaker, as tensions continue to rise over economic opportunities in the rapidly warming northern region. Two researchers from Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute boarded Xuelong 2 as part of China’s 16th Arctic Ocean Expedition, according to a report by state broadcaster CCTV on Saturday. According to Lin Long, captain of the Xuelong 2 sea ice team, this...
Kathmandu is a place most Koreans know only through Um Hong-gil, the mountaineer who, in 2007, became the first to summit all 16 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 9, September 2026.
In 2024, the Canadian government announced it would spend $81 billion on Arctic defence over 20 years.
The work is part of a multiyear effort to develop a distributed sensor network for relaying data collected from this critical region.
Every year, hundreds of climbers flock to the Himalayas to take on Mount Everest. But a new study has warned that climbers are unknowingly destroying Everest's glacier...with their urine.
Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A giant chunk of glacier-covered mountain has collapsed with catastrophic effect and, whatever the mechanics of the disaster in Nepal’s Langtang national park, this is what human-caused climate crisis looks like. The likelihood of it happening again will rise as temperatures increase and the ice within rock and soil formations melts. Anthony Albanese was in Palau for the Pacific Islands Forum, speaking with the leaders of countries that could lose some or all of their homelands this century due to sea-level rise driven by emissions from burning fossil fuels. Continue reading...
Learn how radar revealed weeks of movement before the Nepal collapse and what nearly two centuries of glacier loss show about Langtang.
Arctic Report Card: A Close Watch on a Warming Region By Michon Scott The Arctic Report Card, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is an annual, peer-reviewed snapshot of environmental conditions north of 60°N. Topics range from air temperature to land and sea ice to changes in marine algae to marine debris left by ship traffic to community monitoring programs. As far away as the Arctic may seem, it directly affects the United States. “The United States is an Arctic country,” NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) scientist Walt Meier said. “Alaska is a part of the Arctic. It is strategically important for national security, for commerce, and there are residents, US citizens, who live in the Arctic.” In the early 2000s, scientists...
50 people were recently detained by ICE agents in Danbury, Connecticut, as federal agents ramped up operations in the state.
A clash broke out between groups of hikers when they confronted two tourists who went off trail and disturbed a herd of goats at Montana's Glacier National Park.
The race to study the North Water between Canada and Greenland before it changes has led to a bold plan for an Inuit-run protected area Electric-blue meltwater sprays up under Terry Noah’s snowmobile as he races across sea ice extending out from Canada’s northernmost public community: Grise Fiord in Nunavut, a hamlet of 144 people closer to Murmansk in Russia than the Canadian city of Toronto. The bay’s cliffs loom higher and higher like stone icebergs as he approaches his destination across the bay. Noah pulls his sled carefully over a seal’s breathing hole, about the circumference of a basketball. Using a custom-made winch, he lowers a submersible instrument into the sea below the ice. Continue reading...
A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26’s deadly glacial collapse in Nepal.
Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.
The flooding on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing, after a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and China.
Global temperature rise is set to push past 1.5 degrees Celcius, or 34.7 degrees Fahrenheit, within the next few years.
For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after US demands to acquire the territory. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish island, citing national security concerns and accusing Copenhagen of neglecting Arctic defence. Denmark and Greenland have firmly rejected the idea. The conscripts are part of the first cohort under Denmark’s new extended...
Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark were discovered in a wooded area above the Glacier Highway in Juneau, a coastal road near the Glacier Bay National Park, on August 31.
Experts fear that the glaciers that caused the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China remain at risk of collapse, causing another surge of water, ice and debris.
A cascade of changes is underway along its only northern highway. The post In Arctic Alaska, 1.4 million acres of federal land is shifting to state hands appeared first on High Country News.
New York Times: Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes.
Nepal halted rescue work in the flood-hit Trishuli valley on Friday (August 28) after a lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border began to overflow. Wednesday’s (August 26) catastrophic flood caused by a glacier collapse killed 489 people in Nepal and five in China’s Tibet, with almost 1,000 more missing in the two...