Heat from the Earth’s interior causing Greenland’s ice sheet to melt: study

This is for the first time that the ice loss has been linked to escaped heat from the Earth's interior

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

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 …

Boiling Siberia shows temperature swings may be increasing: Experts

The warming of the Arctic, as seen by the Siberian heatwave, may also impact western disturbances in India

Sea ice on both poles at record low, finds WMO report

Antarctic sea ice cover at record low for 2nd consecutive year; Arctic sea ice extent is also at an all-time minimum 

Month of climate contradictions: Contrasts noted worldwide in March 2023, finds Copernicus

European meteorological agency noted world’s second joint warmest March on record; Antarctic sea ice the second lowest on record

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet?

It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

Arctic winter sea ice in 2021 joint seventh-lowest on record, finds NASA

The sea ice maximum in 2021 is not close to a record, but still quite low compared to any year prior to 2000, according to lead author of …

Climate change 'hitting harder and sooner' than forecast: Report

Global temperatures have risen by 1.1°C since 1850, and have increased 0.2°C between 2011 and 2015

Major Impact on climate due to extension of Amery Ice Shelf, NCPOR study says

The Amery Ice Shelf is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica

Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets

New study shows temperatures in Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least a 1,000 years

The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it

Arctic lands are a patchwork of permafrost carbon feedbacks, and our future depends on the uncertain fate of the microbes within

In a first, fly ash particles found in Antarctic ice, thousands of kilometres from potential source

The sample dated back to 1936, indicating physical markers of fossil fuel combustion have been trapped in ice layers for decades

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

Less ice, more rain... Why a new Arctic climate can be a global watershed

Global warming has dramatically changed the region’s climate, adding a rainy season almost equal to India’s and up to 10 months …

Rising sea levels indicate new threat to Antarctic ice sheets, finds Stanford study

Enderby-Kemp, George V Land in east Antarctica most vulnerable to basal thaw or melting of ice sheets’ bed

Greenland, Antarctica lost 7,560 billion tonnes of ice sheet mass in last 3 decades, accounted for quarter of global sea-level rise

The polar ice sheets store 99% of Earth’s freshwater ice on land  

‘Antarctic sea ice has transitioned to a different state with less volume overall, shorter presence’

Sea ice scientist Petra Heil on consequences of low Antarctic sea ice extent & role of anthropogenic warming

Arctic sea ice loss and fierce storms leave Kivalina’s volunteer search and rescue fighting to protect their island from climate disasters

Indigenous governments, nonprofits, hunters and first responders from Iñupiaq, Yupik and Unangan communities across Alaska have long been …

Russia to bring woolly mammoths back from the dead

The government of a remote region in Siberia is planning to build a “Jurassic Park” where cloned woolly mammoth, cave lions and other …

Understanding climate change

Did climate change begin with industrialisation? How do we identify ‘bad’ climate change?

This summer was the hottest on record for the northern hemisphere, says NOAA

Planet Earth suffers third-hottest three-month season and second-warmest August, according to US’ weather agency

Can fast-moving glaciers contribute to sea-level rise?

Sea-level rise depends on how meltwater drainage operates and modulates the speeds of glaciers

A submarine robot gives close up of Doomsday glacier, finds more trouble beneath it

It is one of the glaciers on the continent that exhibits the quickest and most unstable changes

World’s oldest asteroid strike in western Australia might have triggered a global thaw

Models show that if the Yarrabubba asteroid hit an ice sheet 5 km thick, more than 200 billion tonne water vapour would be ejected