Previous research pointed to copious amounts of dust atop the arctic Martian wasteland, but a clearer picture is coming into focus.
The first people in the Americas arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, but 'there are huge gaps in our genetic dataset,' a new study reports.
A climate scientist was one of 20 recipients of a “no-strings-attached” $800,000 stipend.
A memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in January.Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters The family of Renee Good, the woman killed by immigration agents in January in Minneapolis, filed two federal lawsuits against the agent who shot her and several top officials in the Trump administration on Thursday. In the lawsuits, Good’s partner, Becca Good, and her brother, Brent Ganger, alleged wrongful death and other violations of federal law, according to a press release issued by their lawyers. Good was a US citizen and mother of three who, on 7 January, joined her wife in protesting against the deployment of thousands of ICE agents in their city as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy. The 37-year-old woman was shot and killed in...
Matthias Huss with a four-metre-long measuring stake indicating the amount of ice that melted over the past year on the Scex Rouge glacier (Fabrice COFFRINI)Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.Swiss glaciers saw 5.5 percent of their volume melt away this year, the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network found in a new study, published after a record hot summer preceded by a winter with little snowfall."The glaciers this year have lost enormous quantities of ice," said GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss, describing 2026 as "a catastrophic year".Perched on the Scex Rouge glacier, at an altitude of nearly 3,000 metres...
Fears that US deficit is unsustainable drive Britain’s 30-year bond yield to level not seen since 1998 Business live – latest updates The turmoil in global bond markets has intensified amid fears the US deficit is reaching unsustainable levels, helping drive UK long-term borrowing costs to a 28-year high. The threat of a renewed round of inflation from the persistently high cost of oil has spooked investors, who believe central banks will be forced to raise interest rates in the coming months to prevent price increases from becoming embedded. Continue reading...
Summer heat waves in Europe saw Switzerland's alpine glaciers melt away at an "extraordinary" rate with more than 5% of glacier ice lost this year.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 19, 16 October 2026.
Warning comes as central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worth Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank says households are well placed to weather the twin storm of rising interest rates and plunging property prices, but warned that Australia would not be immune to a sudden collapse of the global AI investment boom. The central bank’s latest financial stability review – a biannual assessment of the financial system – said the “threats to global financial stability continue to mount”. Continue reading...
Over the last five years, Swiss glaciers have lost nearly 20% of their mass, and 2026 saw the second-biggest loss of glacier volume on record. Experts warn there could be no ice left in the next 10-15 years.
This year has been 'devastating' for Switzerland's glaciers, scientists from ETH Zurich have warned.
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
Cook Glacier sends 40 billion tonnes of ice into the sea each year.
An effort to bounce radar off the ionosphere across vast distances was too late for the Cold War, but it may help make Arctic shipping lanes safe.
A Wisconsin family will continue to own and manage nearly 1,800 acres of forest under a proposed $1.6 million conservation easement. The deal would block development, keep timber production going and open almost 1,500 acres to hiking, hunting and fishing, while also protecting part of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North.
Washington’s proposed military bases and expanded defence presence in Greenland will be akin to a “keep out” sign against potential Arctic military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow, according to analysts. The US, Denmark and Greenland signed a defence deal on Tuesday that allows Washington to build two new military bases on the world’s largest island, while reaffirming Denmark’s sovereignty over it. The deal – which updates and amends a 1951 defence agreement between Denmark and the US –...
National energy conglomerate PTT Plc plans to invest up to US$5 billion by 2035 under its newly launched "I-Spark" initiative, aiming to transform the Map Ta Phut industrial zone in Rayong into a model low-carbon industrial hub.
Digital scans reveal a distinctive artistic tradition that emerged in Ice Age Ukraine.
WRI Calls For Greater Developing Country Participation in Global Carbon Market Coalition shannon.paton@… Thu, 09/24/2026 - 14:01 Sept. 24, 2026 — WRI participated as an observer in the second high-level meeting of the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets (OCCCM) , held Sept. 14 in Wuhan, China. The meeting focused on adopting the coalition’s 2026–2030 work plan and identifying priority issues for further work ahead of the UN climate summit (COP31) in November. WRI was one of 14 international organizations participating as an observer in the meeting. As an observer, WRI put forward three main recommendations at the meeting: further expand the participation of developing countries in the coalition; strengthen cooperation on measurement, reporting...
[Liberian Investigator] NEW YORK -- Liberia is lobbying governments to remove the carbon price and global fund from the International Maritime Organization's net-zero shipping rules before they reconsider adoption. The Liberian team argues that the framework, in its current form, would raise the cost of food, fertilizer, and exports for developing countries that trade with distant markets.
Linking California and Washington's carbon markets will cut more pollution and increase revenue for key state programs, officials said.
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 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.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 9, September 2026.
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.
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.
In a remarkable discovery, Norwegian archaeologists are uncovering ancient treasures as glaciers shrink, revealing 48 prehistoric arrows, including one dated between 5,000 and 6,000 years. This influx of artefacts signifies a shift in our understanding of prehistoric activities as ice melts in the region. The urgency of recovery efforts underscores the impending deterioration of these valuable pieces, highlighting the rapid loss of ice cover around the world.
This month’s open thread. El Niño continues to build, annual mean temperatures are starting to become clear, sea ice is doing it’s thing, and NYC Climate Week has come and gone. Surely some fodder for constructive dialogue….? Please be respectful and concise. The post Unforced Variations: Oct 2026 first appeared on RealClimate.
Glaciers in Switzerland lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record. It's part of a trend that could have big impacts in a country reliant on hydropower and which acts as the 'water tower of Europe,' feeding its major rivers.
Traditional knowledge and specialized training are helping people adapt to a changing landscape as polar bears appear in new places and at different times.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say. Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...
Switzerland’s glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 per cent of their mass in five years, experts said on Thursday, with 2026 registering the second biggest melt on record. Swiss glaciers saw 5.5 per cent of their volume melt away this year, the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network found in a new study, published after a record hot summer preceded by a winter with little snowfall. “The glaciers this year have lost enormous quantities...
Four major glaciers in Switzerland, including the Rhone and Aletsch, had record melting.
Dry winters and a warming climate are taking a toll on centuries-old ice in the Alps, researchers say, with about 20 percent of Swiss glacial ice melting since 2021.
PARIS - Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing habitat at both ends of the planet, a report said on Wednesday.
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Antarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed. Confirmation of the peak meant the four lowest years on record for the continent’s sea ice – a vital component of the planet’s climate and critical for marine life – had all occurred in the past four years. Continue reading...
A fascinating study delved into the projectile points utilized by ancient Clovis and Cumberland cultures in Tennessee, analyzing nearly 500 artifacts from the late Ice Age. Findings reveal that Clovis groups often resharpened their points due to limited resource knowledge, while Cumberland groups tended to discard points with potential still intact. This suggests an evolving approach to resource management, emphasizing the growing familiarity with their environment over generations.
As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants.
The new US-Denmark-Greenland security agreement could narrow China’s room to engage in the Arctic – particularly in resource-rich Greenland – and potentially push Beijing closer to Russia, Chinese experts on the matter said. According to observers, the deal – signed on Tuesday – could have the broader effect of accelerating the securitisation of the Arctic and making Western Arctic states more cautious about cooperation with China. But it would be unlikely to significantly disrupt China’s...
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin For more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats. But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province’s “rat patrol” to investigate. Continue reading...
Amnesty International called for the abolition of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is tasked with leading Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown, in a report released on Thursday. The report, titled “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”, documents widespread human rights violations during ICE’s large-scale operations, the rights watchdog said. The release comes less than a week after a Venezuelan migrant, Wilber Garces Perez, was shot and wounded by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas,...
Open access notables The Increasing Incidence of Boreal and Western U.S. Forest Wildfires and Its Causes: An Overview , Wallace et al., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society This overview of the voluminous wildfire literature addresses the following questions: “How seriously is the current spate of wildfires impacting the boreal forests and the forests of the western United States? Is the current rate of burning of these forests unprecedented? Has it been systematically increasing over the past few decades and, if so, is it in response to human-induced global warming?” The article contains diagrams and tables based on a suite of fire-related datasets: satellite measurements of burned area, fire-related carbon emissions, aerosol optical depth, dating back...
Learn how a new microscope revealed living Antarctic fish cells in detail and why their protein-folding challenges could matter to the human brain.
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.
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. […]
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.
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.
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.