Arctic

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

New research shows how last year’s warming melted ice in Greenland that increased flows of fresh, cold water into the North Atlantic, upsetting ocean currents in ways that lead to atmospheric changes.

By Bob Berwyn

New Research from Antarctica Affirms the Threat of the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ but Funding to Keep Studying It Is Running Out

By Bob Berwyn

A New Study Revealed Big Underestimates of Greenland Ice Loss—and the Power of New Technologies to Track the Changes

By Moriah McDonald

The World Is Losing Migratory Species at Alarming Rates

By Katie Surma

Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns

By Bob Berwyn

Q&A: What an Author’s Trip to the Antarctic Taught Her About Climate—and Collective Action

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?

By ICN Staff

New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

By Bob Berwyn

Is ConocoPhillips Looking to Expand its Controversial Arctic Oil Project?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Plucky Puffin, Endangered Yet Coping: Scientists Link Emergence of a Hybrid Subspecies to Climate Change

By Lydia Larsen

New Research Shows Direct Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Polar Bear Decline

By Bob Berwyn

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet

By Bob Berwyn

On the Coast of Greenland, Early Arctic Spring Has Been Replaced by Seasonal Extremes, New Research Shows

By Lydia Larsen

Facing a Plunge in Salmon Numbers in the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers, Alaskans Seek a Voice in Fishing Policy

By Emma Ricketts

The Melting Glaciers of Svalbard Offer an Ominous Glimpse of More Warming to Come

By Lydia Larsen

June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points

By Bob Berwyn

Can Iceberg Surges in the Arctic Trigger Rapid Warming at the Other End of The World?

By Bob Berwyn

Global Warming Could Drive Pulses of Ice Sheet Retreat Reaching 2,000 Feet Per Day

By Bob Berwyn

Pacific Walruses Fight to Survive in the Rapidly Warming Arctic

By Kiley Bense