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Polar regions

August 2024

  • A iceberg floats in front of Antarctic land ice and a looming misty mountain

    Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

    Reported temperatures on continent in midwinter reach 28C above expectations on some days in July

July 2024

  • Large expanse of ice

    Terrawatch
    Scientists call for greater study of glacier geoengineering options

    Report says serious research needed into risks and benefits as melting could cause devastating sea level rise

June 2024

  • Satellite image of an ice pack breaking up

    Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise

  • polar bear grizzly bear hybrid , Ursus maritimus, the shape of this bear's neck snout and body is a give away it's short neck ANWR Arctic Alaska<br>2WHBG3F polar bear grizzly bear hybrid , Ursus maritimus, the shape of this bear's neck snout and body is a give away it's short neck ANWR Arctic Alaska

    ‘Grolar’ hybrid of grizzlies and polar bears remains rare in wild, study finds

May 2024

  • BlueWhalespxiie

    First Dog on the Moon
    What if we could understand what blue whales are really saying

  • Aerial view of Antarctic blue whale

    ‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence

April 2024

  • Three polar bears standing outside the window of a room containing several board game boxes, binoculars and a stuffed white toy

    ‘Wonderful experience’: Researcher’s close encounter with Svalbard polar bears

    Meteorologist says bears were not aggressive but they fired signal gun to scare them away

March 2024

  • Penguins watch the Noosfera, Ukraine’s Antarctic research vessel, which keeps the Ukrainian and Polish bases supplied.

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘He took five bullets and returned to work on plankton’: the double lives of Ukraine’s Antarctic scientists

  • Polar bear walks on ice in the Arctic with melting ice behind it

    Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say

February 2024

  • Polar bear on sea ice, Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Pumped up: will a Dutch startup’s plan to restore Arctic sea-ice work?

  • Sea ice in Antarctica

    Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row

  • a polar bear on a rocky beach with meat in its mouth

    Polar bears risk starvation as they face longer ice-free periods in the Arctic

  • King penguins on a rocky beach on South Georgia Island

    Science Weekly
    What happens now bird flu has reached the Antarctic? – podcast

  • How do you stop a glacier from melting? Simple – put up an underwater curtain

  • Pilotless drones being tested in Antarctica for use in scientific research

January 2024

  • Underwater archaeologist Marc-André Bernier inspects a seamen’s chest on Erebus

    Race against time to unlock secrets of Erebus shipwreck and doomed Arctic expedition

  • Anna McMorrin in Antarctica.

    Labour MP stirred by disappearing Antarctic ice and her father’s legacy

  • Melting ice in Antarctica

    Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will hit economy, scientist warns

  • Aerial view of icebergs in Greenland

    Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals

December 2023

  • This undated image provided by British Antarctic Survey, shows the North Cove, in Antarctic. No matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an “unavoidable” melt, a new study found. (Michael Shortt/British Antarctic Survey via AP)

    Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’

    Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results
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