The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

Antarctica has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland—the largest environmental change observed on Earth in recent ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

When NATO leaders met last week, they repeated familiar warnings about Russia, China and Iran. But one threat did not make ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained unique insight into the mechanisms behind the collapse of Antarctic ...

The ten warmest years since the early days of the industrial revolution have all occurred since 2015. Read more here.

Enlisting drones can help speed up the process to collect rubbish and reduce the danger for Sherpas. Read more at ...

For the first time, scientists have measured the marine environment near the melting mega-iceberg A-68A, providing invaluable ...

Gratien Milandou-Wamba is a new Mainer. He is an asylum seeker from the Republic of the Congo. He was a corrections officer ...