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...
Climate scientists have linked warming in the Arctic region to the extreme spring weather conditions witnessed across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America....
The US interior department has banned oil giant Shell from extracting fossil fuels from Arctic waters until it can prove it is 100% able to deal...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has declared that an international response to challenges in the Arctic is “urgently needed” in its review of the past...
Arctic sea ice cover shrunk to its lowest ever point in August last year, but a team of researchers have found that the remaining ice also...
Last year, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US found that the Arctic sea ice cover was at its lowest ever point....
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...
Yesterday we wrote about the wisdom of tourism in the polar regions. In response, we were pointed to a Telegraph article from 2009, in which the...
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...