US president says new tariffs to go into effect 12 March and also threatens to ‘permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada’ Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as US President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island. The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people, most from Indigenous Inuit backgrounds, and occupies a strategic North Atlantic location. It also contains rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy, AP reported. Continue reading...
Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash The carbon price on the spot market has dropped to its lowest level since December, with the first ETS auction of the year less than a week away now unlikely to sell any units at all.
Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing calls for independence Greenland’s prime minister said voters face a “fateful choice” as the Arctic island prepares to go to the polls in a pivotal election closely watched by Europe and the US. The vote on Tuesday has attracted global attention after Donald Trump’s repeated assertions about acquiring the autonomous territory, using military and economic force if necessary. Continue reading...
The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms to the central and eastern U.S.
Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen from Virginia, believes US immigration agency profiles Hispanic people US politics live – latest updates A Virginia man who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents despite being an American citizen says he is reconsidering his support for Donald Trump in his triumphant 2024 presidential election campaign. Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen, said he was in a car when he was stopped by Ice agents while on his way to work in Manassas, Virginia, where a large-scale immigration enforcement operation was recently taking place after Trump took office for a second time in January following repeated campaign promises of mass deportations. Continue reading...
Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presence Britain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen thousand years ago, most of the country was buried a kilometre deep in ice – not ideal conditions for life. That all changed as we moved out of the last ice age into the current, milder climate phase. The ice sheets retreated, leaving an empty landscape for anything with the wherewithal to seize the opportunity and move in. Tens of thousands of species did, mainly heading north from the European continent to which Britain was then joined. The result was a native biota where almost every species is an immigrant. Our ancestors were among them. Immigration is a natural process, but it’s one that...
Analysis shows the oil giant sharply increased its use of carbon credits to offset its emissions as the voluntary market faced criticism.
After the US president’s vow to take over the Arctic island, pro-independent voices are growing louder but some want to work with Washington When it comes to the issues on the table – schools, healthcare, independence – Tuesday’s election is “not that exceptional”, says Greenlandic politician Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. And yet, it will potentially be the most consequential in the Arctic island’s history. What makes this general election unlike any other, says the Inuit Ataqatigiit member of the Danish parliament, is the global spotlight on it. “What we’re seeing is influence from the US, Denmark and other places, it is not the same as other elections.” Continue reading...
Objective Gravel is one of several scenarios unfolding as members of the Canadian Armed Forces conduct a sub-Arctic training exercise in and around Chisasibi in northern Quebec.
Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing it down.
The new law could prove fatal to a high-profile Midwest carbon capture and storage project.
The man leading the effort to develop a carbon capture cluster in Scotland has insisted it could deliver huge environmental and economic benefits.
New findings from the Chandrayaan-3 mission indicate potential ice deposits just beneath the Moon's polar surface in more areas than previously thought. Researchers highlight the impact of temperature variations and slope angles on ice formation, emphasizing the importance of ice for future lunar exploration and habitability.
The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured an image of Kachemak Bay’s turbid, cloudy waters on September 20, 2024. This cloudiness comes from glacial flour: bits of pulverized rock ground down by glaciers that has the consistency of flour. Several meltwater streams rich with the particles, sometimes called suspended sediment, absorb and scatter sunlight in ways that turn water a milky […]
New Mexico Gas Company "conducted an extensive investigation for gas leaks and carbon monoxide" at the property, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said.View Entire Post ›
Last month was the third warmest February on record, as global temperatures climbed to 1.59°C (2.86°F) above the 'pre-industrial' average.
Global sea ice cover reached a historic low in February, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, with temperatures spiking up to 11C above average near the North Pole as the world continued its persistent heat streak.
Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet Global sea ice fell to a record low in February, scientists have said, a symptom of an atmosphere fouled by planet-heating pollutants. The combined area of ice around the north and south poles hit a new daily minimum in early February and stayed below the previous record for the rest of the month, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Continue reading...
Canada's spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an 'attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination' for foreign adversaries.
Learn about the storm that brought 16 billion tons of snow to Greenland in March 2022, inspiring scientists to study the impact of atmospheric rivers on the Arctic.
Learn how one company’s effort to bring back the Ice Age creature from extinction takes a key first step.
In a joint news release Tuesday morning, they described the effort as "made-in-Nunavut" and a response to world events that have recently put the spotlight on the Arctic.
ANTARCTICA: The world’s largest and oldest iceberg A23a has finally come to a standstill as it appears to have run aground near the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. The giant … The post World’s largest iceberg grounds near sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than scientists thought.
Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever observed in nature.
Ice batteries help office towers, warehouses and stores shrink their power bills and carbon footprint. Soon, they’re coming to houses.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 3, March 2025.
Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, the Santa Fe Sheriffs Department in New Mexico said Friday, one day after they were found dead with their dog.
The agreement announced Thursday includes a network of proposed Inuit-led water and land conservation areas in the Arctic region. It's expected to attract $318 million over 15 years to the region.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 5, 16 March 2025.
Open access notables A twenty-first century structural change in Antarctica’s sea ice system , Raphael et al., Communications Earth & Environment: From 1979 to 2016, total Antarctic sea ice extent experienced a positive trend with record winter maxima in 2012 and 2014. Record summer minima followed within the period 2017-2024, raising the possibility that the Antarctic sea ice system might be changing state. Here we use a Bayesian reconstruction of Antarctic sea ice extent which extends the record back to 1899, to show that the sequence of extreme minima in summer Antarctic sea ice extent is unlikely to have happened in the 20th century. We show that they represent a structural change in the sea ice system, manifest by increased persistence in the sea ice...
An adorable video shows the moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerged from the den with their mum for the first time on the remote island of Svalbard, Norway.
Unprecedented footage of polar bear snow dens reveals hidden new insights about the majestic animals.
Judges have ruled the initiators of a Kenyan carbon project, which promised to protect wildlife and sequester CO2, operated illegally. It is the latest of several controversies in the sector.
CBC News joins Canadian scientists aboard HMCS Margaret Brooke on a mission to Antarctica to unlock climate clues from the southern pole that they hope will shed light on what’s happening in the Arctic.
YELLOWKNIFE, Canada - In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority.
Each spring since 2003, Jon Aars, senior scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, and his team have conducted an annual polar bear monitoring program on Svalbard - collaring, capturing and taking samples from as many bears as they can across several weeks. By studying polar bears they get a better understanding of what is happening in this part of the Arctic environment. The bears roam over large distances and, being apex predators, provide lots of information about what is happening lower in the food chain and across different Arctic species. The Guardian accompanied Aars on an expedition to the southern end of Spitsbergen island, the largest in the Svalbard archipelago. Continue reading...
Artist impression of how a potential air carbon capture facility could look for scale at Tiwai Point. Photo: Capture6 The government wants to bring carbon capture and storage into the Emissions Trading Scheme, with plans...
It was 7:30 a.m. I got ready the fastest I could, adrenaline kicking in, curiosity and excitement peaking. I rushed out of my cabin, opened the big exit door, and there in front of me was the first visual of the majestic white continent – Antarctica. It may not be the first thing that comes […]
Glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons annually from 2000 to 2011, but that pace quickened over about the next decade, according to the report.
B.C. Premier David Eby has pledged to eliminate the consumer price on carbon if the federal government drops its requirement for provinces to have one.
Rock dust, compost and biochar can all help capture carbon dioxide and boost crop yields when spread on soil – but researchers are discovering they may be even more effective when used in combination
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature this week says the world's glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 231 billion tonnes annually from 2000 to 2011, but that quickened to about 314 billion tonnes annually over about the next decade.
[GroundUp] Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health
A tiny insect left over from the Ice Age has been discovered thriving on a Scottish Country Estate.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 2, February 2025.
A winter storm is hitting the U.S. with record-breaking cold and heavy snow. Is the polar vortex to blame?
Ice melting from glaciers around the world is depleting regional freshwater resources and driving global sea levels to rise at ever-faster rates.According to new findings, through an international effort involving 35 research teams, glaciers have been losing an average of 273 billion tonnes of ice per year since the year 2000 – but hidden within this average there has been an alarming increase over the last 10 years.
The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.
An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide has found that they lost more than 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, raising sea levels by 2 centimetres
Image: MinterEllisonRuddWatts As biomethane and biogas become more common, New Zealand needs a consistent approach to measuring the carbon intensity of these fuels, according to the Bioenergy Association.
Upper East Side residents say they were blindsided by a slowdown in traffic lights that has turned Third Avenue into an e-bike “racetrack” and a “glacier” for drivers. The Department of Transportation retimed its lights from 25 mph to 15 mph between 60th and 96th streets — with the local City Council member saying even...
Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.
The geoengineering experiment sought to use tiny silica beads to reflect sunlight away from Earth.
Scientists warn that the world's sea ice - the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles - has plunged to a record low.
Those supporting the deal hope it will raise billions to help poor countries deal with climate breakdown Brazil has asked the UN to throw out plans for a new levy on global shipping that would raise funds to fight the climate crisis, despite playing host to the next UN climate summit. The proposed levy on carbon dioxide emissions from shipping will be discussed at a crunch meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that begins on Monday. Those supporting the deal, including the UK, the EU and Japan, are hoping the levy will raise billions of dollars a year, which could be used to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate breakdown. Continue reading...
Several people have been killed as flooding, snow, ice and 'bone-chilling cold' is pounding much of the United States with severe weather this weekend.
Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting The wildlife charity WWF has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed. Polar bears are severely affected by the loss of Arctic sea ice, which makes seeking prey harder and forces the bears to use more energy. In some regions, polar bears are showing signs of declining physical condition , having fewer cubs, and dying younger. Continue reading...
A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.
Bioethanol made from fermented agricultural waste can be turned into zero-carbon hydrogen through a new process that uses much less energy than other sources
A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds
This comes after new Liberal leader Mark Carney said he would immediately eliminate the federal government’s carbon price on consumers and stop the capital gains tax increase.
A Trump appointed judge ruled against DPS Friday, denying their request to block ICE agents from making arrests at sensitive locations like schools.
Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.
Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5C Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations. The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief. Continue reading...
Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters make their own food and are the base of the food web in most of the ocean, but tracking how well they're doing is historically tricky. So, researchers with the program FjordPhyto are using samples collected by these tourists to understand how the balance of power in the Antarctic food web could be shifting — could ripple across the food web of the entire ocean. Want to hear more community science at work or about polar ecosystems? Let us know by emailing shortwave@npr.org ! We're also always open to other story ideas you have. Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Is Greenland losing land ice? Data from satellites and expeditions confirm Greenland has been losing land ice at an accelerating rate for decades. Glaciers gain ice via snowfall, while melting and ice breaking off into the ocean account for nearly all of Greenland’s ice-sheet loss. Rates vary season to season and year to year due to weather variation—however, multi-decade trends show ongoing loss. Satellites launched in the early 1990s measure ice sheet height and gravity to detect changes in mass. They have found that Greenland has lost ice every year since 1998; from 2010 to...
For 65 years, Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising geopolitical tensions and a shifting world order, that governance system is now under pressure.
Sea ice cover dropped to a record low across February 2025 as global warming continues to breach the 1.5 C Paris Agreement target, according to data from the Copernicus satellite.
As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As I write, Australia’s national icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is steaming south-west from Hobart, heading to Antarctica on its first dedicated marine science voyage. Onboard are more than 60 scientists and technicians, many on their first research cruise, gingerly gaining their sea legs as the ship navigates multimetre swells and swirling Southern Ocean lows. Continue reading...
The hubs are the cornerstone of the federal government's Arctic security strategy, which committed $2.67 billion over 20 years to building them.
Amid reports of immigration authorities in L.A, organizations are hosting workshops to inform residents of their rights and what to expect in interactions with ICE agents.
Global sea ice cover fell to a historic low in February when the world continued to experience exceptional heat and temperatures reached 11 degrees Celsius above average near the North Pole, Europe's climate monitor said on Thursday.
Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures linger near record highs
A23a, the world’s biggest and oldest iceberg, is stuck near the island of South Georgia.
PARIS - The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said on Tuesday.
The behemoth A23a calved in 1986 and has been drifting across the Southern Ocean for the last five years.
The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday.
Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new model doesn’t account for how human-made carbon emissions could change these processes.
Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdown Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050, further accelerating Antarctic ice sheet melting and sea level rise, an Australian-led study has found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current – a clockwise current more than four times stronger than the Gulf Stream that links the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans – plays a critical role in the climate system by influencing the uptake of heat and carbon dioxide in the ocean and preventing warmer waters from reaching Antarctica. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
This week's upcoming storms might not put a dent in California's snowpack levels.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are high CO 2 levels harmless because they also occurred in the past? While the Earth adapted to high carbon dioxide levels in the past, modern civilization cannot without major consequences. Past periods of high CO 2 brought about a climate vastly different from our own. During the Eocene “hothouse” period around 55 million years ago, CO 2 concentrations peaked at 1,600 parts per million. That epoch saw ice-free poles and palm trees above the arctic circle. The last time CO 2 was as high as today was 3 million years ago. Global temperatures were as much as 7°F (4°C)...
Understanding cubs’ activity when leaving their lairs could aid in supporting the polar bear’s survival.
California's snowpack is now 85% of average, with more snow in the northern Sierra and less in the south. Amid warming winters, the state is seeing less snow at lower elevations.
Planes routinely fly over the Arctic region, heading from one continent to another, but it's rare for one to fly over Antarctica. The reasons for this are many
American officials reportedly view Arctic cooperation as a potential way to “drive a wedge” between Moscow and Beijing.
For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning.
The National Science Foundation has fired workers at the office that manages polar research, raising fears about a reduced U.S. presence in two strategic regions.
For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on melts When Rolf-Arne Ølberg is hanging out of a helicopter with a gun, he needs to be able to assess from a distance of about 10 metres the sex and approximate weight of the moving animal he is aiming at, as well as how fat or muscular it is and whether it is in any distress. Only then can he dart it with the correct amount of sedative. Luckily, he says, polar bears are “quite good anaesthetic patients”. Ølberg is a vet working with the Norwegian Polar Institute, the body responsible for the monitoring of polar bears in Svalbard, an archipelago that lies between mainland Norway and the north pole. Every year he and his colleagues...
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is currently set to go into full effect in 2026.
A newborn iceberg called A-84 looks like a tiny ice cube as it tumbles along the Antarctic Peninsula in a fascinating new animation from NASA Earth Observatory.
"A really great model for other states," an advocate said after Gov. Tina Kotek (D) used regulation to create the nation's newest carbon market.
This weekend’s vote will show how far xenophobia has been driving even some traditionally progressive parties When I think of German democracy, I think of the Larsen B ice shelf: a vast Antarctic structure that remained stable for 10,000 years until – in just over a month, to the horror of shocked onlookers – it collapsed catastrophically . This weekend, Germany is going to the polls. The coalition led by the centre-left Social Democratic party (SPD), born in hope, has fallen apart, thanks in no small measure to the continual attempts at sabotage by the Free Democratic party (FDP), its most junior member. That last successful effort resulted in the dissolution of the government. Continue reading...
While the valley bottom had continuously dry conditions all winter, the snowpack across the region is at 84 per cent of normal.
Meet Olivier Hubert, the chef bringing culinary excellence to the bottom of the world at British Antarctic Survey’s research stations. From crafting 5,000-calorie meals for polar scientists to hosting Caribbean-themed … The post From Fine Dining to Frozen Frontiers: Life as an Antarctic Chef appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central U.S., but the danger isn't over.
Assistant Professor César Terrer discusses pioneering volcano research to track carbon dynamics in tropical forests.
We say the defining question is this: do nations work for peace and order or embrace the notion of power by force? Jean-Noël Barrot is the foreign minister of France We are being told that the world is divided between a “global north” and a “global south”. But what exactly is meant by that? An economic difference? Of the 20 leading global economies, several are in the south . In the south, some countries are many, many times richer than their neighbours. A climate difference? The climate crisis affects every country in the world, and especially small island states and the poorest countries. The 10 greatest emitters , if we go by CO 2 emissions per inhabitant, are split between countries in the north and south. Are we talking about a migration difference? A huge number of migrations...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02264-7As urban extent continues to grow, the impact this major land-use change has on soils and their carbon stocks is an increasingly important question. A recent global study suggests that the effects are not straightforward.
Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023 Melting glaciers have caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, a decades-long study has revealed. The research shows the world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023, causing an 18mm (0.7in) rise in global sea levels. Continue reading...
An international team of scientists says Earth's glaciers are vanishing so fast they now release 273 billion tonnes of ice into the ocean each year.
A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.
The 41-second video shows migrants walking with their feet bound, ICE agents handcuffing detainees, and close-up shots of handcuffs and chains being placed on the tarmac.
Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback loop that could lead to faster sea-level rise
Cool winds will cause temperatures to plummet across southeastern Australia as a pool of Antarctic winds blows in from the Southern Ocean.
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Theodoros Skilakakis on cooperation in carbon capture, storage, and utilization with the aim to reduce carbon emissions from the energy sector and support low-carbon economy. The MoU, inked on the sidelines of the ongoing … The post Egypt signs MoU on carbon capture & storage with Greece appeared first on Egypt Independent.
NY Post readers discuss Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s webinar informing immigrants of how to evade ICE agents.
Meteorologists said several states would experience the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season. Weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole into the U.S. and Europe.
Bottles of Rathfinny Wine Estate's Classic Cuvee wine were sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway where it was matured for eight months in pitch blackness at 5C.
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
Snow, ice and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the UK this weekend
A coalition of immigrant activists calling itself 'the Community Self-Defense Coalition' says it will alert the community to ICE agents.