Temperatures in the Canadian Arctic are at the highest they’ve been for at least 44,000 years, and possibly even 120,000 years, according to a new study....
Russian authorities have dropped charges of piracy against 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists, and have accused them of hooliganism instead, according to officials. The ‘Arctic...
The UK government has announced plans to make the UK “a global centre of expertise” in opening up the Arctic to exploitation by oil and gas...
Eleven Nobel peace prize winners have written to Russian president Vladimir Putin, asking him to drop charges against the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists currently...
On October 16 1973, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to raise the price of oil by 70% to $5.11 per barrel and declared...
The head of Greenpeace International has offered to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in order to discuss the release of the ‘Greenpeace 30’ currently being held...
Perhaps the bitterest irony to emerge from the issue of global warming is that the melted ice in the polar regions allows for new fossil fuel...
Protests have been held around the world to show support for the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists being held by Russian authorities on charges of...
All 30 of the activists arrested during a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling have now been charged with piracy by the Russian authorities, and could now...
Twenty-two of the activists arrested by Russian authorities aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise will be held in jail for two months without charge, a Murmansk...
The Greenpeace activists who attempted to board a Russian oil rig are “obviously not pirates”, according to the country’s president Vladimir Putin. However, he insists they...
The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is close to arriving at the port of Murmansk after being boarded by Russian authorities last week. The environmental group’s lawyers...
Despite Arctic sea ice coverage improving this year when compared to 2012, scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US have...
Sea ice cover in the Arctic has improved since 2012, when record low levels were noted, but preliminary statistics from the National Snow and Ice Data...
Her name is Aurora and she’s the biggest polar bear in the world, standing 5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 12.5 metres long. OK, she’s not...