The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers…
Polar bears may be adapting to survive warmer climates thanks to their ‘jumping genes’
Published on 13/12/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate attempt…
Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe…
Danish Arctic chief expects High North arms race after Ukraine war
MILAN — The prospect of a conflict in the Arctic is rising, Denmark’s Arctic commander has warned, with…
Melting polar ice supercharges ocean ‘stirring’, threatening marine climate
Polar sea ice is vanishing far faster than most people expected, and the change is not only visible…
China has big ambitions in space and the Arctic. Should the West be worried?
In 2003, a decade after the humiliation of the Yinhe incident – when a Chinese container ship was…
Polar Bears International Publishes Drone Guidance for Photographers
BJ Kirschhoffer / Polar Bears International Polar Bears International has published guidelines for photographers and filmmakers using drones…
Meet the Weirdly Wonderful ‘Frosty’ Rhino That Once Roamed the Canadian Arctic
When you think of rhinoceroses, chances are you think of regions like Africa and Asia, not North America.…
Scientists wake up microbes trapped in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years
Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil…
‘Ends Of The Earth,’ By Neil Shubin — Review
A gripping account of polar exploration written by a scientist who has devoted his entire career to identifying…
Tiny Arctic Organisms Are Defying the Rules of Biology
Image of an Arctic diatom, showing the actin filaments that run down its middle and enable its skating…
Polar ‘geoengineering’ projects won’t protect environment against climate change, scientists warn
Proposed “geoengineering” projects designed to reduce the impacts of global warming in polar regions would be ineffective, extremely…