The collapse of the two glaciers, near Lake Aru in Western Tibet, was virtually unprecedented. The first glacier collapsed on 17 July 2016, and the Journal...
Today a Christian climate change group placed melting ice in front of the entrance to a government department. This was done with the aim of expression...
A recent study has shown that the Antarctic’s ice sheet and glaciers are a result of decreased carbon dioxide levels 34 million years ago, counteracting studies...
Widening sea routes through the Arctic’s ice fields will shorten the time it takes for European oil to reach Asia – placing South Korea in the...
Emperor penguins have shown to be not as attached to their nesting locations as previously thought, meaning that they could adapt much easier to their changing...
Campaigners have said the “clock is ticking” on an environmental disaster in the Arctic, after oil giant Gazprom announced the first commercial production from the oil...
The US Department of Defence has issued an Arctic Strategy, which outlines how it plans to turn the vulnerable area into a “secure and stable region...
In a recently published Arctic strategy, Barack Obama’s administration set out its vision for the vulnerable northern region. Nicky Stubbs examines what it might mean for...
Seven years ago today, former US vice-president Al Gore’s documentary film about global warming – An Inconvenient Truth – premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then,...
A proposal by Russia and the US to protect polar bears in Canada was rejected at an international conference on endangered species held this week in...
Today is International Polar Bear Day – an event led by the world’s leading polar bear conservation group, Polar Bear International (PBI), to celebrate and protect...
A mind-boggling 4.5 trillion tonnes of the Earth’s ice has now melted according to a study conducted by NASA earlier this year. Now, a new study...