Shell announced today that it was abandoning further work on the controversial Burger J exploration well, located in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. The Burger J well is approximately 150 miles...
The British government has announced that it will invest £200m in one of the most advanced polar research vessels ever made to support scientists in both...
Scientists have found new evidence that thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through plants, warning that this could accelerate global warming. Scientists...
The UK government needs to get with the programme over the protection of the Arctic, campaigners have said. This follows the European parliament’s vote in favour...
On this day 102 years ago, Sir Robert Falcon Scott and the Terra Nova expedition arrived at the South Pole. Having finished behind Roald Amundsen in...
A four-man Irish-Canadian team of rowers embarked on a trip on Monday that they say is only possible because of global warming. The rowers, who between...
Environmental group Greenpeace is on the verge of raising £20,000 to pay for an advert in the financial press that attacks oil giant Shell for its...
Three members of staff at the British Antarctic Survey have been granted the Polar Medal, a prestigious award handed out in recognition of excellence in polar...
New Zealand’s prime minister is set to travel to Antarctica this week; following the lead of an around 50,000 people who venture to the continent for...
Sea levels have risen by over 11mm since 1992 because of increased ice melt in both Greenland and Antarctica, according to a comprehensive study by a...
In the wake of the environmental audit committee’s Protecting the Arctic report, which called for more safety measures and higher safety standards to prevent oil spills,...
British horseracing’s largest commercial group has announced that electric vehicle (EV) charging points are to be installed at all 14 of its racecourses by the end...
A network of 64 electric vehicle (EV) charging points was switched on yesterday in Oxford by Chargemaster, meaning the city now plays host to one of...