Arctic

The Arctic has recorded its hottest year on record, with temperatures soaring far above average and sea ice shrinking to historic lows, scientists warn of accelerating climate impacts.

Moscow momentum for India’s maritime muscles

The transport agreements inked with Russia during President Putin’s New Delhi visit will help India to leverage sea routes better for enhancing Indo-Pacific clout

Aurora dancing over The North Pole transforms 35,000-foot flight into a skyside spectacle

The aurora forms when charged solar particles arrive suddenly. These particles strike Earth’s atmosphere at huge speeds.

Researchers track land carbon transport across central Arctic Ocean

Researchers reveal 16% of Arctic Ocean carbon comes from land, influencing global carbon cycles and climate, highlighting warming impacts on permafrost and coastal erosion.

New Arctic Rhino fossil reveals ancient warm world in Canada

Scientists have uncovered a 23-million-year-old rhinoceros fossil in the Canadian Arctic, reshaping views of ancient climates and mammal migration.

Scientists discover ancient arctic salmon fossil, rewriting history of fish evolution

Researchers discovered Sivulliusalmo alaskensis, a 73-million-year-old Arctic salmonid fossil, revealing ancient fish diversity and survival in harsh Cretaceous Arctic environments.

China’s Arctic gamble: Why Beijing is pushing ships through a risky sea route

The Northern Sea Route is quicker trade but with vast environmental and geopolitical hazards.

206 passengers trapped on luxury cruise in the Arctic, Covid spreads on board

The cruise liner, Ocean Explorer, may be able to refloat itself in the Arctic during a high tide.

Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world claims new research

According to a recent study, during the past 43 years, the Arctic has warmed up almost four times faster than the rest of the world. This indicates that the Arctic has warmed by an average of 3 degrees Celsius since 1980.

Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them

Based on 10-day forecasts, some climate scientists expect another heat wave in Antarctica in April. The heat is again expected to impact West Antarctica and the Thwaites glacier.

In the Russian Arctic, the first stirrings of a very cold war

Though the Russian military has little in common with liberal Western politicians or environmental groups like Greenpeace, it is taking ice melt in the Far North seriously.

Arctic odyssey ends, bringing home tales of alarming ice loss

The biggest Arctic expedition in history will return to the German port of Bremerhaven on October 12 after a year-long mission.

Global Warming: Arctic had second-lowest sea ice coverage this year

The Arctic caribou and wild reindeer populations, dropped by 56 per cent in two decades, with the largest declines in Alaska and Canada.

Watch: How to drive in the snow with Nico Hulkenberg

In this episode, we travel to the arctic with Nico Hulkenberg and to the US before the 2016 Indycar season.

Tentacles of Climate Change spreading to Arctic!

Since 1966, Arctic land covered by snow is down by 18 percent. Nearly all glaciers and ice caps in the Arctic have shrunk in the last 100 years. The Arctic is warming like never before. Take a look at this scientific expedition to find out if the tentacles of climate change are spreading to the rooftop of the world.

US freezes with 2 decades record cold; atleast 4 dead

Temperatures were 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit (11 to 22 degrees Celsius) below average in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service.

Greenland melts, open water in Arctic Ocean: Scientists

For a few days this month, NASA's images of the Greenland ice sheet turned red, indicating that for a while, almost the entire surface of the vast frozen island was melting.

Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches: Study

Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said.

Arcelor poised to take control of Baffinland

A majority of Baffinland Iron Mines shares have been tendered to a C$590 million (USD 596 million) takeover bid by ArcelorMittal, all but clinching the No 1 global steelmaker's acquisition of a giant Arctic iron ore deposit.

BP, Russia Arctic foray necessary but costly

BP and Russia have little choice but to look to the Arctic for future oil, but remoteness, year-round ice and sub-zero temperatures mean the cost of drilling could far outstrip initial estimates.