In May reports revealed that White House officials had set goals for Ice agents to arrest 3,000 people per day In a new court filing, attorneys for the Trump administration denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests, despite reports and prior statements from White House officials about pursuing a goal of at least 3,000 deportations or deportation arrests per day. In May, reports from both the Guardian and Axios revealed that during a meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) leaders on 21 May, the White House adviser Stephen Miller and the Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, demanded that immigration agents seek to arrest 3,000 people per day. Continue reading...
Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?
Warm sea surface temperatures, exacerbated by global heating, have created favourable conditions for jellyfish Coming to a beach near you: a guide to the jellyfish you’ll find off the UK coast An unusually high number of jellyfish have arrived in the UK’s seas this summer, experts have said. Jellyfish blooms arrive for their yearly reproduction cycle by following the current of warm water to the coast. Warm sea surface temperatures, which are exacerbated by global heating, create favourable conditions for jellyfish. Continue reading...
Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.
The Arctic outpost meant to safeguard humanity’s future is now ground zero for a host of issues linked to climate change.
NASA and ISRO are set to launch the NISAR satellite on July 30, 2025, aboard the GSLV-F16 rocket. This collaborative mission will employ advanced radar technology to monitor Earth's environmental changes, including land deformation, glacier movement, and ecosystem health. NISAR's data will benefit global climate research, disaster management, and agricultural planning.
New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could spell big trouble for Antarctica.
An MIT study shows decreases in seed-dispersing animals can lead to a major reduction in forest carbon absorption.
Landscapes left by ancient rivers under Antarctic ice may impact ice loss rate study says.
The UAE’s ambitious plan to tow a giant Antarctic iceberg for fresh water has stalled with no updates since its 2017 launch. Meanwhile, a Greenland startup successfully exports glacial ice to Dubai bars for luxury use. One aimed to solve a crisis; the other sells exclusivity. As of 2025, only cocktail glasses, not coastlines, are chilled.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that in her former role as defence minister, she was 'very concerned about the potential for threats in Arctic waters' and had the Canadian Armed Forces intensify its efforts 'to detect, deter and defend against instances such as Chinese vessels near Canada's Arctic waters.'
A new report asked 65 companies about their concerns with buying carbon credits. Markets' lack of credibility was a theme.
Iqaluit resident Virginia Mearns will be Canada's senior Arctic official on the world stage, following a career with local Inuit governments.
An Arctic expedition found a collection of ancient whale remains where a rapidly retreating glacier once lay.
A new study has revealed that ocean tides can directly influence when massive Antarctic icebergs break off from the ice shelves surrounding the continent, a process known as calving. The research marks a major step toward accurately forecasting ice loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and improving projections of global sea level rise. The post New research links ocean tides to when icebergs in Antarctica break off appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Man who worked for US military in Afghanistan seized by immigration agents and taken out of state after arriving for green card appointment, say attorneys Revealed: Trump has supercharged the US’s immigration crackdown Lawmakers are calling for the release of an Afghan interpreter, who worked with the US military for years in his home country, who was seized by armed, masked Ice agents after a routine appointment for his green card. The former wartime interpreter, identified only as Zia for his safety and that of his family, aided American troops in Afghanistan for about five years during the war and fled the country with his family after the Taliban resumed power in 2021. Zia has done everything right. He’s followed the rules. He has no criminal history. Following the rules...
Polar bears eat more land food as ice melts, affecting their diet.
Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral.
In June 2025, Kenyan climate-tech firm Tera became the first African project developer to have its carbon removal initiative independently validated and registered under Riverse, a European standard for engineered climate solutions. The validation confirms that Tera’s project design and digital monitoring framework meet Riverse’s strict scientific criteria—making it eligible to issue carbon credits once […]
This 2023 astronaut photo shows three glaciers merging into a single massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountains. The stripy glaciers have gained ice in recent decades, despite the effects of human-caused climate change.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 14, 28 July 2025.
Simulations show stunning patterns that could shape future carbon capture strategies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 7, July 2025.
Midway Lake, Arctic Ocean, and Fiddle and Flow are all music festivals taking place in Beaufort Delta communities in August.
When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns controlling these cold snaps.
A California woman faked her own abduction by ICE agents as part of a scheme to collect donations on GoFundMe, the Department of Justice said.
A consignment of ancient ice from Antarctica, extracted as part of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, arrived at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge for detailed analysis this month. The post Antarctica’s oldest ice arrives for climate analysis appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.
New pictures taken in Yukon, Canada, show a perfectly preserved fossil skull, which experts say belonged to a male, teenage horse that lived during the last ice age.
Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
Some Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat.
Glacier retreat is triggering more explosive eruptions, with global consequences
An Oregon mom and her four US citizen children have been in immigration detention for nearly two weeks after they were taken into custody by ICE agents while visiting the US-Canada border.
President Donald Trump has directed federal law enforcement to use 'whatever means necessary' to arrest anyone who throws rocks at ICE agents during immigration raids.
Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.
Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.
How do you measure success when assessing one of the most remarkable examples of international collaboration and diplomacy ever? The post The Antarctic Treaty and the role of National Antarctic Programmes appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing mass One of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, is now undergoing a possibly irreversible retreat, scientists say. Over the past seven years, it has lost 1.92 sq km (0.74 sq miles) of ice cover and its thickness is decreasing by up to 8 metres (26 ft) a year. Continue reading...
A team of scientists, including those from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain beneath East Antarctica—an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise. The post Ancient river landscapes discovered beneath East Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Denis Guillen-Solis, 30, had been landscaping outside a California medical center alongside two other alleged undocumented men when ICE agents arrived to serve an arrest warrant.
BRICS nations have strongly condemned the European Union's carbon border tax, deeming it discriminatory and a barrier to their development. They argue the CBAM, set to begin next year, unfairly burdens developing countries and disrupts global trade.
RCMP in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, say the search for 14-year-old Richard Jr Bohlender, last seen on June 28, has been suspended.
Dog stayed by his master, who was wedged in an 8 metre-deep crevasse, and was spotted by helicopter crew A small pet dog is being hailed as a “four-legged hero” for helping to save his owner’s life after he fell down an icy crevasse in the Swiss Alps. The Air Zermatt helicopter company credited the pint-sized pooch with drawing their attention to the location of the hiker, who was extracted and taken to hospital. Continue reading...
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's largest energy source, the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant, has been approved as a project under the Global Carbon Council (GCC) Voluntary Carbon Market program, aiming to reduce 120,600 tons of carbon emissions per year.
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Houston police said the unidentified couple were overcome by carbon dioxide while handling dry ice in their wine cellar on Friday.
Tear gas, flares and mass arrests rocked Portland, Oregon as protesters stormed an ICE detention center just hours after Trump signed his sweeping immigration bill into law.
Fossil charcoal reveals early humans’ growing impact on the carbon cycle before the Ice Age.
Footage from the arrest of Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. earlier this week showed the 39-year-old getting detained by ICE agents.
In an Arctic reshaped by the climate crisis, less ice really means more as countries face risks in push for more ships For millennia, a mass of sea ice in the high Arctic has changed with the seasons, casting off its outer layer in summer and expanding in winter as it spins between Russia, Canada and Alaska. Known as the Beaufort Gyre, this fluke of geography and oceanography was once a proving ground for ice to “mature” into thick sheets. But no more. A rapidly changing climate has reshaped the region, reducing perennial sea ice. As ocean currents spin what is left of the gyre, chunks of ice now clog many of the channels separating the northern islands. Continue reading...
Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean – surface waters around Antarctica are growing saltier, even as sea ice is diminishing rapidly. This finding defies the norm because melting ice typically freshens ocean surface water.The implications are far-reaching as changes in this remote region can disrupt global ocean currents, affect climate patterns, and alter ecosystems far beyond the Antarctic.
An American teenager attempting a historic solo flight around the world to raise awareness for childhood cancer was detained in Antarctica after allegedly landing without proper authorization.
Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as a rare polar cold wave grips the region, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Thursday.
On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next two months, an international research team will analyse the feedback effects between global warming and sea ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean. The investigations will focus on the differences in the melting of various sea ice types – representing the Arctic of the past decades, the present and the future. A parallel airborne campaign will complement the measurements and, at the outset of the expedition, the Polarstern will support the first ice testing of the new French Tara Polar Station research platform.
President Donald Trump gave his approval to two prosecutions of CNN: one for publishing a report on an app to track ICE agents, and another for its reporting on the US strike on Iran nuclear sites.
New York Times: The study used data from satellites to track changes.
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife
Canada is turning CO₂ into cash, as firms are converting emissions into concrete and soap, but experts say carbon use still lacks scale, support, and strong economics.
Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961 Cold Nordic countries are being seared by “truly unprecedented” heat, as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to roast northern Europe. A weather station in the Norwegian part of the Arctic Circle recorded temperatures above 30C (86F) on 13 days in July, while Finland has had three straight weeks with 30C heat. Continue reading...
Here’s a handy guide for understanding organic wine and what to look for when selecting your next bottle Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com A good bottle of wine can bring joy and flavour to any meal or occasion – however, viticulture stands alongside agriculture as one of the great contributors to global problems like soil fertility loss, water contamination and wildlife habitat loss. Choosing to drink organic wine can push back against some of the more harmful effects of conventional winegrowing. Continue reading...
The agency’s effort to roll back a landmark climate finding is pinned on divorcing local carbon emissions from global ones — and the dangers they pose.
The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by European forests has reduced dramatically in recent years putting the EU's climate targets at risk, researchers said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to halt the decline.
An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage
The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."
The twilight zone of the ocean is a mysterious place. At 200-1000 meters below the surface, it's a tough place to study. That's why, during World War II, people reading sonograms from this zone were perplexed when it looked as if the ocean floor was moving up. Every day. And then back down again before dawn. In this latest installment of Sea Camp , we explore what this historical mystery has to do with the Earth's ability to cycle and store carbon in the ocean's watery depths. SIGN UP FOR OUR SEA CAMP NEWSLETTER! WE WORKED SO HARD ON IT! Interested in more ocean mysteries? Let us know at shortwave@npr.org . Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave .
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, Calif. It put 24 satellites into near Earth orbit in polar areas.
Striking new satellite images of Skeiðarárjökull from Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation program, show that the glacier has retreated significantly—by about half a kilometer to one kilometer along its edge—over the past eight years since earlier images were taken.
As US President Donald Trump reiterates his desire to acquire Greenland – part of a broader push to assert influence in the Arctic – Chinese scholars are debating whether the world’s second-largest economy should become more involved in the region, particularly by developing shipping routes. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) – the shortest passage between the Asia-Pacific region and western Eurasia – has drawn growing attention as global warming makes its icy waters navigable for longer periods each...
Antarctic ice core may reveal how Earth’s glacial rhythms transformed a million years ago.
Boulders at Stonehenge were not dragged there by glaciers, new scientific research claims.
Ocean tides can trigger city-sized icebergs to break off from Antarctic ice shelves, scientists said on Thursday, offering a potential way to predict these dramatic events in the future.
[IPS] Kisumu, Kenya -- In June 2025, Kenyan climate-tech firm Tera became the first African project developer to have its carbon removal initiative independently validated and registered under Riverse, a European standard for engineered climate solutions.
The deal, which revolves around Canada's only deepwater Arctic port, is intended to improve access to global markets, as well as enhance infrastructure and supply chains.
Researchers have discovered 332 hidden submarine canyon networks hidden beneath the ice in Antarctica.
LONGYEARBYEN - It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the planet -- on an Arctic ice floe.
The Canadian military and possibly the coast guard appear to have been keeping tabs on a Chinese research vessel as it returns to Arctic waters off Alaska for the second year in a row.
It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the planet -- on an Arctic ice floe.
Data from NISAR will map changes to Earth’s surface, helping improve crop management, natural hazard monitoring, and tracking of sea ice and glaciers. A new U.S.-India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling scientists to comprehensively monitor the planet’s land and ice surfaces like never before, building a detailed record […]
Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids. As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, often with force. Legal advocates and attorneys general have argued that it poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear. Continue reading...
From a glacier-fringed village in Alaska to a postcard-perfect mountain town in the Pacific Northwest, a new ranking has revealed the 20 most beautiful small towns in America.
Migrant mom Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, claimed she was snatched by ICE agents, but has since been charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers.
Two Iranian graduate students in Louisiana have been released from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement custody after their lawyers took issue with ICE agents using a "ruse" to lure them outside to be arrested.
In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate.
A preschool in Beaverton, Oregon, was placed on lockdown after ICE agents arrested an Iranian father outside the school as he dropped off his child.
The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. […]
June's heatwave has caused French Alps snow and glaciers to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing.
Jaime Alanís, 57, died a day after falling off a greenhouse roof during an immigration raid of a cannabis farm The farm worker who died from injuries he sustained after falling from a greenhouse roof during an Ice raid of a California cannabis farm was a “hard-working, innocent farmer” and the sole provider for his wife and daughter, his family says. Jaime Alanís died a day after a frenzied immigration raid of Glass House Farms in Ventura county where authorities arrested at least 200 workers. The 57-year-old, who was from the town of Huajúmbaro in Michoacán, Mexico, is the first known person to die during the Trump administration’s enhanced immigration enforcement operations in southern California. Continue reading...
Jaime Alanís, the Mexican migrant worker who fell 30 feet off a greenhouse trying to run from ICE agents, has died in the hospital, his family said Saturday afternoon.
A Mexican father working in the US died after falling off a building while running from ICE agents in Southern California during a chaotic raid on Thursday.
Elected officials are doing nothing to calm their base’s insane fury. Instead, they’re openly demonizing ICE agents, often comparing them to Hitler's Gestapo.
Alexander Bradford, who leads business development and sustainability at global fine art logistics company Gander & White, explores how the art world is beginning to confront the carbon footprint of its shipping practices. Bradford offers an insider’s look at the systemic challenges and promising solutions emerging within fine art logistics, arguing that if the art world wants to remain a cultural leader, it must also lead on sustainability.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, will host the fourth Group of 20 (G20) Development Working Group (DWG) meeting and the G20 Ministerial meeting on development from 20 - 25 July 2025 at Skukuza Lodge in the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga.
It's been covered in ice for 34 million years. But scientists are finally uncovering what Antarctica's landscape really looks like - and it's not what they expected.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman received high praise from President Donald Trump for being 'right' about ICE agents on Wednesday - something he thinks may make his parents proud.
Citizen science projects result in an overwhelmingly positive impact on the polar tourism experience. That’s according to a new paper analyzing participant experiences in the first two years of FjordPhyto, a NASA Citizen Science project.. The FjordPhyto citizen science project invites travelers onboard expedition cruise vessels to gather data and samples during the polar summer […]
Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed since the last Ice Age.
Netflix released a trailer for "Untamed," a new series starring Eric Bana as a National Parks Service agent investigating a murder in the wilds of Yosemite National Park.
The melting of glaciers due to the climate crisis could make volcano eruptions more catastrophic than before, scientists cautioned in a study.
A new study reveals a concerning link between climate change and increased volcanic activity, particularly in glaciated regions like West Antarctica. Melting ice sheets reduce pressure on magma chambers, potentially triggering more frequent and explosive eruptions. This phenomenon, observed in Chile, could unleash hidden volcanoes and create a dangerous feedback loop, accelerating global warming.
Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk The melting of glaciers and ice caps by the climate crisis could unleash a barrage of explosive volcanic eruptions, a study suggests. The loss of ice releases the pressure on underground magma chambers and makes eruptions more likely. This process has been seen in Iceland, an unusual island that sits on a mid-ocean tectonic plate boundary. But the research in Chile is one of the first studies to show a surge in volcanism on a continent in the past, after the last ice age ended. Continue reading...
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An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.
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A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon storage in the Southern Ocean – a process currently overlooked … The post Tiny ocean heroes play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Forest-based carbon-offset projects need a buffer to guarantee their climate benefits will last – but they may not have nearly enough in reserve
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.
Ethan Guo, 19, was detained on King George Island near Antarctica.
The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third-most-downloaded iPhone app.
The bloc is rolling out its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which will start slapping fees on carbon-intensive imports as of next year.
Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main data set at the end of this month.
Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.
News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Scientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea ice fear a loss of critical US government satellite data will make it harder to track the rapid changes taking place at both poles. Researchers around the globe were told last week the US Department of Defence will stop processing and providing the data, used in studies on the state of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, at the end of this month. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Germany's defence minister has stated the country will send navy ships to patrol Arctic waters, citing the threat from a Russian military build-up in the region.