Jekyll and Hyde

Crisis in Antarctica

Melting continent

Breaking the ice

A historic agreement to conserve Antarctica becomes a legally-binding treaty

(W)hole truth

Antarctic ozone hole smaller this year, says NASA

Antarctica melting

Chilling effect

In hot water

While the Antarctic ice cap is relatively stable, the sea level is rising due to a simple law of physics: water expands when heated

In a first, a polar bear has died of avian flu in the Arctic

Ecosystems in polar regions are particularly vulnerable to bird flu because they contain many animals found nowhere else in the world and never …

Simply Put: Ozone hole and loop hole

Antarctica's violent past

The biggest icy continent was rocked by a huge volcanic eruption

Antarctic wildlife susceptible to human diseases, says study

Researchers found widespread evidence of human-linked pathogens found in the faeces of Antarctic seabirds for the first time

Close shave: Giant iceberg grazes Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf 

A chunk bigger than A-74 would have been knocked off the iceshelf had the impact been stronger

Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought

Analysis of 12,000-year-old Antarctic ice reveals that methane leaks from fossil fuel extraction play a larger role than previously thought

Australia, source of uranium and lead pollution in Antarctica

Since 1945, rise in Southern Hemisphere uranium levels has been attributed to uranium mining in Australia 

Breaking the ice

The recent breaking away of a massive iceberg from the Antarctic peninsula has generated a heated debate on the bothers of global warming

Nature's laboratory

The ice cover almost 4.8 km thick is perhaps the most valuable feature of Antarctica, with its record of past atmospheres in the trapped air bubbles

Penguin paradise and geological freak: Why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

The island is a subantarctic environment crucial for seabirds marine mammals

Earth's last frontier

India is setting up an ambitious Antarctica study centre on the west coast

Going down south

Ministers on ice

Scorching reality

The world might never witness an ice age again, thanks to global warming

Continental melting

On the move: Antarctic iceberg the size of Greater London breaks away

Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf has broken off into an iceberg of 1,550 aquare kilometre size. However, the event was expected and not linked to …

Climate change in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around climate change