India gets re-elected as observer to Arctic Council

China, South Korea, Singapore, Italy and Japan also have Observer status at the Council

Indian president visits Norway, marks country’s presence in the ongoing Arctic rush

India’s interests in the Arctic region are scientific, environmental, commercial as well as strategic, says president

Arctic nations agree to bar fishing fleets from seas around North Pole

Fast melting sea ice and rising surface temperatures may draw fish farther north, experts feel

Poaching, climate change cause sharp decline in reindeer population in Siberia

Hunting of wild reindeer in violations to timing and amount has reduced reindeer population from one million to 400,000

'The Arctic will have a whole new face by 2050'

The Arctic changes faster than any other region and is a crucial indicator of climate change. The Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway, launched a …

Arctic sea ice cover hits its worst record for 2018

It is the sixth lowest ice cover ever, says NASA

Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms

For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed

Ice-free Arctic this summer: a possibility signalling drastic climate change

Melting of Arctic ice is having a cascading effect on tundra animals, triggering extreme weather conditions and changing landscape pattern

Polarising the polar

Ravaged by global warming, an ice-free Arctic is going to become the next battleground for economic hegemony

Arctic coastline receded six times more in 2017: Study

The warming climate is increasing the summer seasons and causing storms that are washing away the coastal permafrost 

Mercury rising in the Arctic; scientists discover over 1.6 million tonnes in reserves

Scientists discover 793,000 tonnes of mercury in frozen permafrost soils and another 863,000 tonnes in unfrozen soils in the northern permafrost …

Largest cruise ship to Arctic could set a wrong precedent

The month-long voyage across the Arctic can have a manifold impact on a region that’s already vulnerable to climate change

Seized by a sense of urgency, Obama bans oil drilling in large parts of Arctic, Atlantic

Canada also imposed a five-year ban on new licensing in all Arctic waters

Whose job is it to protect the Arctic?

There are a number of laws that Arctic states and indigenous peoples can turn to to protect their environment

The magnetic North Pole is shifting and that too very rapidly

There is unusual activity at the North Pole. The magnetic north pole is sliding away from the Arctic region of Canada into Siberia. It has always …

'Climate change may render impossible what remains of traditional Inuit life patterns'

Stephen R Bown says 'Father of Eskimology' Knud Rasmussen's writings are literary masterpieces and constitute a priceless contribution to …

Northern lights shifting

Alaska's loss, Siberia's gain

Warming Arctic is making winter worse for eastern US; ‘bomb cyclone’ on cards

The US is bracing for an intense storm, which is expected to blast the entire east coast with frigid winds, ice and snow on Thursday

Poles witness record dip in sea ice extent, says NASA

On February 13, the combined Arctic and Antarctic sea ice numbers were at their lowest point since satellites started measuring sea ice in 1979

Arctic without ice

Activists protest as Shell moves closer to Arctic

US government has predicted a 75 per cent chance of a large oil spill if Shell successfully extracts oil from the region

Super Bug found in the Arctic traced back to Delhi

A scientist has found a “Superbug” gene in the Arctic region, Soil samples from Norwegian archipelago, a place which lies between …

Miniature mammoths

Smaller version of mammoths may have inhabited Egypt long after they were thought to have become extinct

Will the Arctic be conquered?

Winter 2014 set to be 'coldest of the century'; climate change may be held responsible

In the UK, winter may even equal the record historic winter of 1947 which saw snowfall every single day between January and March