This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

An uninhabited Antarctic outpost populated by penguins. One of the smallest economies in the world. An Arctic archipelago with more polar bears than people.To quote Australian Prime Minister Anthony ...

When animals have a slow metabolic rate, they do not age but rather have a prolonged life. Resistance to diseases and genetics are also factors that can contribute to the longevity of an animal.

Southern Ocean warming may have a greater impact than Arctic warming in some regions, particularly affecting tropical ...

Equally worrying, Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic.

Over a thousand years ago, the Viking leader Erik the Red discovered a new land after being exiled for murdering his neighbor ...

The Inuit on Little Diomede are watched over by Russian soldiers. But that’s not their biggest problem in these icy badlands ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than at any time since continuous satellite ...

EVs today mitigate this impact to a certain extent with battery preconditioning and heat pumps, but that doesn’t weatherproof ...

The uninhabited volcanic island of Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago are among the strangest places Trump has imposed ...

Trump’s threats of a takeover have put Greenland on the geopolitical map. At a pivotal moment, we travel to the resource-rich Arctic island to make sense of the hype ...

For decades, satellites have played a crucial role in our understanding of the remote polar regions. The ongoing loss of ...