Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Winter Low as Earth Heats Up March 28, 2025 By Danielle Bochove The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just...
Antarctica Had Less Winter Sea Ice in 2024 Than Any Year Except 2023 October 4, 2024 By Danielle Bochove Antarctic sea ice at its annual peak this year covered the second-lowest area on record. It was just shy of...
Melting Greenland Has Lost 1 Trillion Tons More Ice Than Previously Thought January 19, 2024 By Danielle Bochove The Greenland ice sheet, an expanse of frozen water about three times the size of Texas, is disappearing much faster...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
Warming Arctic Permafrost Will Make It Harder to Curb Climate Change: Study May 18, 2021 By Timothy Gardner The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires...
Unprecedented Arctic Diesel Spill Angers Putin and Could Force Green Reform in Russia June 11, 2020 By Yuliya Fedorinova, Ilya Arkhipov and Olga Tanas The mishandling of the biggest Arctic oil spill ever infuriated Russian President Vladimir Putin and could give a boost to...
Major Fuel Spill in Russian Arctic Moves Closer to Arctic Ocean: Regional Official June 10, 2020 Diesel fuel from a major spill in Russia’s Arctic has reached a pristine lake which is the basin for a...
Massive Fuel Spill in Siberia Blamed on Melting Permafrost – or Climate Change June 4, 2020 By Yuliya Fedorinova A massive fuel spill in Siberia prompted Russia to declare a state of emergency in the region as the mining...
As Arctic Ice Melts, New Energy Shipping Trade Route Opens August 30, 2018 By Jeremy Hodges, Anna Shiryaevskaya and Dina Khrennikova A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest...
Arctic Has Warmest Winter with Sea Ice at Record Lows: Weather Data March 9, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Winter at the top of the world wimped out this year. The Arctic just finished its warmest winter on record....