An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

"With slow progress over the past few decades, additional measures may buy us time." Scientists prep bold experiments to ...

Social media posts are claiming to disprove the effects of climate change in Antarctica by comparing the amount of sea ice ...

Dramatic Melting of Arctic Ice Can Lead to Extinction of Polar Bears by the End of the Century: Scientists Warn The Arctic ...

Cork-Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships – such as NCL’s Norwegian Star – visited Cobh, in Ireland’s Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher ...

As snow disappears from the land, even in the Arctic, most ski expeditions have finished. But Borge Ousland and Vince ...

Responding to the publication of the Arctic Council’s Romssa-Tromsø Statement, published on May 12th, Dr Sian Prior, Lead ...

Arctic Sailing – Ella Hibbert preparing for her forthcoming voyage to the northwest and northeast passages. Credit: Ella Hibbert Nansen, dressed like a wild man in filthy polar gear, smeared with ...

including black carbon from soot. “If they can reach the Antarctic, they can deposit down and darken snow. And if snow darkens, what happens? It starts absorbing [heat],” says Chakraborty ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...

The Arctic tundra. The vast floodplains of Brazil ... moved underground where they smoldered beneath snow and ice through the winter and rose to the surface during an unusually dry spring.

Microscopic particles called soot, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion from factories, vehicles, and other sources, travel vast distances on air currents. These tiny, dark specks end up settling on ...