Native leaders ready for a fight as Trump calls ANWR, one of the last truly wild places on Earth, the US’s ‘biggest oil farm’ The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is one of the earth’s last intact ecosystems. Vast and little-known, this 19m-acre expanse along Alaska’s north slope is home to some of the region’s last remaining polar bears, as well as musk oxen, wolves and wolverines. Millions of birds from around the world migrate to or through the region each year, and it serves as the calving grounds for the porcupine caribou. Donald Trump has called the refuge the US’s “biggest oil farm”. Continue reading...
A man who jumped onto a polar bear that lunged at his wife has been seriously injured but is expected to recover, police in a northern Ontario First Nation said Tuesday.
Market share increases after strong demand within country offsets risks from western tariffs on Chinese-made EVs Business live – latest updates China’s share of the global electric vehicle market reached 76% in October, the country’s automotive trade body said, reflecting strong demand for EVs in the country even as western tariffs risk hobbling exports. Between January and October, sales of EVs reached 14.1m units, according to the China Passenger Car Association, with 69% of those sales in China. In October, China’s share surpassed three-quarters. Continue reading...
Researchers predict that the first ice-free day in the Arctic could happen within three years, potentially leading to devastating extreme weather events across Europe.
[African Arguments] Under the new carbon markets framework agreed in Baku, countries face no real repercussions if they fail to abide by the rules.
The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective wall for the continent's huge ice sheets. Researchers are now racing to understand the global impact of what could happen next
Norway's government reached an agreement with a small progressive party to not mine in the Arctic in exchange for it supporting its budget.
Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.
The global average temperature is rising, but some regions are experiencing extreme heatwaves way beyond what models predicted—and scientists don't know why.
At a German campsite, 15,800-year-old engravings reveal how Ice Age people used fishing nets.
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French scientists have made major contributions to polar research, but funding cuts are jeopardising their ability to add to our understanding of this remote region and its part in our changing climate. - 2024/12 / article , 2024/12 antarctic
For the 170 passengers aboard Swan Hellenic's SH Diana, dreams of witnessing towering glaciers and pristine landscapes were crushed when an engine failure put paid to their voyage
A southeast Calgary condo complex needed to be evacuated after carbon monoxide levels of 300 ppm triggered a CO alarm.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 12, December 2024.
Ice Age humans in what is now Wyoming used bones from hares, bobcats, and mountain lions to craft sewing needles, new research suggests.
What’s old is new again. NASA scientists discovered an underground “city” buried 100 feet beneath the ice of Greenland. Researchers were shocked when their advanced radar technology picked up signs of human construction deep beneath the ice of the island territory’s tundra, according to the space agency. Camp Century, an abandoned Cold War-era military installation,...
As China and Russia deepen Arctic cooperation, Western nations must collectively balance engagement with vigilance to mitigate tensions.
Extreme weather expected to bring ‘dangerous wind chills, lake effect snow, and severe thunderstorms’ Millions of Americans will face severe weather – and low temperatures – as they travel for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an announcement on Monday that an arctic blast is expected to bring “dangerous wind chills, lake effect snow, and severe thunderstorms”. Continue reading...
Environmental groups say weak guidelines risk facilitating “cowboy carbon markets at a time when the world needs a sheriff.”
More reports are emerging around the world of the virus in mammals, including species found in the Arctic. Officials say there's no evidence suggesting transmission from eating infected animals which are cooked - but country food is often eaten raw.
Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gus, an emperor penguin who gained international fame after travelling about 3,000km from Antarctica to the West Australian coast, is on his long way home after being released into the Southern Ocean. Emperor penguins can travel up to 1,600km on foraging trips, when they hunt fish, squid and krill. So Gus’s arrival on Ocean Beach, Denmark, on 1 November sparked surprise. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
The emperor penguin made headlines after landing on Australia's coast, an the hope is he will now return to Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 11, November 2024.
Video: 00:07:25 Meet Copernicus Sentinel-1 – this ground-breaking mission delivers continuous, all-weather, day-and-night imaging for land, ice and maritime monitoring. Equipped with state-of-the-art C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Sentinel-1 captures high-resolution data around the clock, in any weather, making it indispensable for detecting the subtle changes on Earth’s surface that remain hidden from the human eye.Sentinel-1 data serves a multitude of critical applications: from ensuring the safety and efficiency of maritime traffic, tracking sea ice and icebergs, to monitoring structural integrity and natural hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity. Its enhanced radar technology provides precises precise information on ground movement, which is critical...
New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere. The … The post Plastic reduces how krill remove carbon into deep ocean appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Thousands of pupils across Wales and central England were given the day off after nearly 5in (12cm) of snow fell in places and temperatures plunged to -11.2C (12.2F).
Police launched urgent searches for three missing teenagers in Scotland, South Yorkshire and North Tyneside today amid the Arctic chill as temperatures fell to -11C (12F).
[IPS] Baku -- The industrial revolution set the ball rolling towards global warming. Today, developing nations are on the frontlines of a climatic carnage and its snowballing effects. Developed nations bear a financial responsibility to provide climate finance to developing nations, as financing the transition to a low-carbon economy is an urgent, critical matter.
PHOTO: Pure Advantage By Liz Kivi New carbon market rules negotiated at the United Nations climate summit could have negative consequences for carbon forestry in New Zealand, experts are warning.
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.
Thousands of NATO soldiers are taking part in large-scale artillery exercises in Finland's Arctic this month, seen by some as a signal to neighbouring Russia over its war on Ukraine.
[Capital FM] COP29 in Baku has marked a historic step forward with the establishment of a global carbon market under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.
Today (18 November) British Antarctic Survey (BAS) joins global celebrations to mark LGBTQ+ STEM DAY and Polar Pride Day. Polar Pride is a celebration of the contribution of LGBTQ+ people … The post Polar Pride 2024 appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The United Nations moved forward with plans to create its own carbon market. That could bolster confidence in the existing carbon market.
People have been left stunned by how Antarctica looks at midnight after the clocks went back in the UK at the end of October - as other parts of the world benefit from the change.
Today marks the release of The Seventh Continent, a new album from the international Sounds of Space Project that offers a unique aural journey to Antarctica. The album features contributions … The post Sounds of Antarctica come to life in new album appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
A metal-organic framework is activated to capture carbon dioxide at high temperatures
Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.
Countries can sell carbon credits to other nations to help them meet their climate targets.
At COP29, India is advocating for clear standards in carbon market creation and pushing for substantial climate finance for developing nations. India emphasized the need for accessible, predictable funding exceeding $1.3 trillion annually to support mitigation, adaptation, and address loss and damage.
[Premium Times] This year, the COP29 agenda is expected to be anchored on climate finance, mitigation, and adaptation, with the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) designed to provide support for vulnerable communities in global climate solutions.
Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have just released a paper in the journal Antarctic Science, in which they describe the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.
The discovery came as scientists from different organizations were aboard the Healy, one of two polar-class Coast Guard icebreaking cutters.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink , and an excerpt from a much more detailed State of the Climate Q3 2024 report that I published over at Carbon Brief today. See that for more details on climate model/observation comparisons, sea ice extent, and other climate variables. The warmest year on record In my latest quarterly state of the climate assessment over at Carbon Brief, I analysed records from five different research groups that report global surface temperature records: NASA’s GISTEMP ; NOAA’s GlobalTemp ; Hadley/UEA’s HadCRUT5 ; Berkeley Earth ; and Copernicus/ECMWF . The figure below shows my estimate of where 2024 temperatures will end up in each of the groups...
Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku For the next two weeks, countries will gather on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss how to increase finance for climate crisis adaptation and mitigation. A global agreement on carbon markets will be high on the agenda as countries try to find ways of generating the trillions they need to decarbonise in order to limit heating to below 2C above preindustrial levels. Here is what you need to know. Continue reading...
Welcome to our second Postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on progress as we modernise our largest station in Antarctica. Start of Summer The recent arrival of … The post October 2024: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Even as winter takes hold in the Arctic, sea ice there is growing sluggishly. In Antarctica, summer’s arrival has driven sea ice to near-record lows.
The carbon footprint from private jet travel grew 46 percent between 2019 and 2023.
A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away.
Governments could finally approve new UN standards for countries and companies wanting to trade carbon credits, a long-awaited decision some hope can bring credibility to a scandal-ridden sector.
The Doomsday Glacier - an Antarctic glacier the size of Florida - is melting faster than expected. If it collapses, it will cause catastrophic flooding in coastal cities around the world.
People have never been swayed by ‘rational debate’. Only a genuine change in the way we do politics can prevent the march of the right We were losing slowly. Now we are losing quickly. Democracy, accountability, human rights, social justice – all were rolling backwards as money swarmed our politics . Above all, our life-support systems – the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, ecosystems, ice and snow – have been hammered and hammered, regardless of who is in power. Donald Trump might strike the killer blows, but he is not the cause of an ecocidal economic system. He is the embodiment of it. Under Joe Biden, the US was missing its own climate goals, and those goals were insufficient to meet the global objective of limiting heating to 1.5C above preindustrial levels. That target in turn might...
Voters easily defeated a ballot measure Tuesday seeking to kill the Washington state carbon market. Other states might start their own markets.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 21, 16 November 2024.
Kaktovik, on an island in the Arctic Ocean, was one of two Alaska communities whose polling places didn't open for the primary.
On Friday 1st November, 2024 ESA’s General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA), Norway, have signed a contract to develop the Arctic Ocean Surveillance precursor (AOS-p) mission.
Scientists use new technology to sequence the DNA of microscopic ocean creatures for the first time Off the west coast of Greenland, a 17-metre (56ft) aluminium sailing boat creeps through a narrow, rocky fjord in the Arctic twilight. The research team onboard, still bleary-eyed from the rough nine-day passage across the Labrador Sea, lower nets to collect plankton. This is the first time anyone has sequenced the DNA of the tiny marine creatures that live here. Watching the nets with palpable excitement is Prof Leonid Moroz, a neuroscientist at the University of Florida’s Whitney marine lab. “This is what the world looked like when life began,” he tells his friend, Peter Molnar, the expedition leader with whom he co-founded the Ocean Genome Atlas Project (Ogap). Continue reading...
Analysis finds demand for wood pellets from US for North Yorkshire power plant reduces forest carbon stocks Drax will keep raising the levels of carbon emissions in the atmosphere until the 2050s despite using carbon capture technology, according to scientific research. The large power plant in North Yorkshire is a significant generator of electricity for the UK but has faced repeated criticism of its business model of burning wood pellets sourced from forests in the US and Canada. Continue reading...
A polar bear stands on floating sea ice in the Arctic. The bears rely on sea ice to move throughout their hunting grounds.
On Tuesday, the government introduced legislation to keep the Carbon Tax off SaskEnergy bills in 2025. The government expects families to save $480 next year.
A man in Fort Severn First Nation, Ont., was injured Tuesday morning in a polar bear attack, said the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS). The man, who "leapt onto" the polar bear to protect his wife, is recovering from serious arm and leg injuries, the NAPS said in an emailed release.
Heidelberg Materials said its plant southwest of Oslo will now enter a commissioning phase with the aim to capture about 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year.
Learn more about the giant short-faced bear, and how it would have fared against saber-tooth cats and other Ice Age predators.
Small Socialist Left party threatens to block budget if government becomes first to issue licences for deep-sea exploration The Norwegian government has paused its plans to mine the deep sea in the Arctic, after pressure from a small leftwing party. The agreement was reached after the Socialist Left (SV) party said it would not support the government’s budget unless it halted the first round of licences for deep-sea mining exploration, planned for the first half of 2025. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] Mr Labbate said if Africa sends a signal either to operate in a voluntary carbon market, integrity will be key and scale will follow.
Close to 150 residents of a southwest Calgary condo complex were forced from their homes after dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) were detected in the building. Calgary Fire Department spokesperson, Carol Henke, said emergency crews were called out to the building at 1000 Millrise Point Southwest, around 8 a.m. on Friday. “When fire crews...
For the 170 passengers aboard Swan Hellenic's SH Diana, dreams of witnessing towering glaciers, pristine landscapes and roaming penguins were crushed by an engine failure
A ‘covalent organic framework’ can be used to capture carbon to store it or convert it for industrial use An innocuous yellow powder, created in a lab, could be a new way to combat the climate crisis by absorbing carbon from the air. Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can, according to early tests. Once the carbon is absorbed by the powder, it can be released into safe storage or be used in industrial processes, like carbonizing drinks. Continue reading...
The Antarctic's polar location and extreme conditions make it an ideal laboratory for studying the world's climate and atmosphere. But it's far from immune to geopolitical tensions. - 2024/12 / box , 2024/12 antarctic
"We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century. We didn't know what it was at first."
New analysis suggests ancient remains found in caves could be those of ancient polar bears.
Arctic passages would allow Chinese cargo ships to avoid impact of hostilities in the Middle East on Suez Canal traffic.
Strange birds have been spotted along the coast of the Arctic Ocean this month, including in Paulatuk, N.W.T., and in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.
Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published today in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment. Improving understanding of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets … The post Polar ice sheets decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping points appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
A NASA scientist has discovered a defunct Cold War military base hidden deep beneath the Greenland ice sheet. The base was used for 'Project Iceworm,' a secret missile development effort.
A Cold War relic, Camp Century was supposed to be entombed in ice forever.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has been appointed to the Multi-Sectoral Technical Committee (MSTC) to spearhead Kenya's carbon market framework development.
Phuket took a significant step toward sustainable tourism with the launch of the "Phuket Old Town Carbon Neutrality 2030" initiative, aimed at making the historic old town the first carbon-neutral area in Thailand by 2030.
New rules allowing wealthy polluting countries to buy carbon-cutting "offsets" from developing nations were agreed at UN climate talks Saturday, in a move already raising fears they will be used to greenwash climate targets.
This weekend, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to depart from her homeport in Bremerhaven. In addition to the crew, 33 scientific expedition participants will be on board – primarily young researchers whose job it will be to familiarise themselves with using echosounders to survey the ocean floor.
A new consensus on forests from the world’s leading carbon market governing body marks a significant turning point for voluntary carbon market buyers.
Over the next 17 months, the Yukon government will look at the possibility of creating a Canadian institute for Arctic security in the territory.
Queen’s University will install North America’s first carbon-sequestering field turf at Nixon Field, enhancing sustainability while supporting sports and research.
The Yukon Arctic Security Advisory Council released a report Tuesday with suggestions to the territory to improve its defence planning and capacity in part by investing in transportation and communication technologies.
Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium have predicted glacier loss under different carbon emissions scenarios.
As Arctic temperatures rise, marine-terminating glaciers—especially in places like Svalbard—are undergoing rapid retreat and intensified calving.The ESA-funded Space for Shore project utilises radar data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission to provide precise, year-over-year insights into glacier retreat and calving intensity, particularly in areas like Kongsfjorden, where notable glaciers are experiencing significant retreat.
Britons are being told to expect icy patches on the roads and, as the cold flurries continue, a risk of power cuts and disruption to bus and train services.
An international research team, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has been awarded £3.7M to advance a ground-breaking study on how underwater tsunamis are triggered by glacier calving around Antarctica. … The post Underwater tsunamis focus of new study appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Mercury pollution from burning coal is contaminating our oceans and seafood, threatening global health. Dr. Amina Schartup, a marine chemist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has spent nearly 20 years studying the mercury cycle. Her research sheds light on how this heavy metal, released through industrial activities like coal burning, affects ecosystems and people […]
The industrial revolution set the ball rolling towards global warming. Today, developing nations are on the frontlines of a climatic carnage and its snowballing effects. Developed nations bear a financial responsibility to provide climate finance to developing nations, as financing the transition to a low-carbon economy is an urgent, critical matter. This year, 2024, is […]
That’s one old kitty. Researchers have discovered the remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed tiger cub nearly perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost, according to reports. The remains — consisting of the animal’s upper torso, forward legs and head — were found encased in a chunk of ice by researchers in a remote corner of northeast Siberia,...
A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current will shut down and cause climate chaos
Unusually mild spell to end with subzero temperatures likely overnight in much of northern England and Scotland It could be time to get out the woolly jumpers, the UK Met Office has warned, as an Arctic blast brings the threat of plummeting temperatures, sleet, snow and ice. The unusually mild and dry weather conditions of November so far are set to be replaced by more typical patterns. A yellow weather warning for northern Scotland kicks in at 4pm on Sunday, extending to southern Scotland and northern England on Monday evening into Tuesday. Continue reading...
Ice Age 6 has claimed the December 18, 2026 release date originally designated for "Untitled Star Wars."
The average global temperature for last month was 59.58°F (15.32°C) - just 0.09°F (0.05°C) cooler than October 2023, the hottest October in history.
Extraordinarily warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are helping to fuel an unusually active hurricane season. The post World on track for hottest year ever as carbon pollution hits record levels appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Most of us are familiar with the mammoths in "Ice Age," but how much do you really know about these creatures? Find out by taking our quiz.
There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.
New Brunswick's premier says her newly elected Liberal government will draft a carbon pricing plan that will be submitted for Ottawa's approval.
The creation of a UN-backed global carbon market has taken a step closer to reality with governments approving new standards for the use of credits to meet climate targets.
Scientists warn of vastly higher impacts on billions of people’s livelihood and cost to the global economy by the accelerating losses in the world’s snow and ice regions, aka the cryosphere. Over 50 leading cryosphere scientists released an annual report on the status of the world’s ice stores on Tuesday (November 12) at the UN […]
Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established a new pre-industrial reference by using Antarctic ice cores to estimate the average temperature before 1700
Governments at the COP29 talks approved Monday new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.
Ottawa is finalizing its long-awaited Arctic foreign policy with Inuit leaders for release before the end of the year, as Canada braces for a second Trump presidency and increasing threats to its sovereignty from China and Russia.
[allAfrica] As the world braces for the upcoming COP29 climate summit in Baku, the chasm between environmental pledges and tangible action remains far too wide. Despite decades of promises, the global transition to a green economy is progressing at a glacial pace. If we are to meet our climate goals, we need a package of solutions that includes financing, technology transfer, investment in environmental goods and services and importantly, more practical solutions that deliver results on the ground.
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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02135-7Ocean alkalinity enhancement is a commonly touted method for marine carbon dioxide removal but many questions remain, including its capacity for large-scale carbon removal. Computer models have now been used to map the timescales and efficiency of carbon removal at global scale, revealing important regional differences.
The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation
IMAGE: Ministry for the Environment The carbon price is still inching up towards the auction floor, with the final auction for 2024 less than a month away. But the US election result means uncertain times for global...
The auction is slated for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, which provides critical habitat for polar bears and other wildlife.
A survey found many see carbon capture and utilization as economically beneficial, but they are less supportive of projects in their communities.
Surfers on Ocean Beach, Australia, were in for a surprise, after discovering a rather unexpected animal on the beach - an emperor penguin.
Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer Standing in blinding sunlight on an archipelago above the Arctic Circle, the photographer Christian Åslund looked in shock at a glacier he had last visited in 2002. It had almost completely disappeared. Two decades ago Greenpeace asked Åslund to use photographs taken in the early 20th century, and photograph the same views in order to document how glaciers in Svalbard were melting due to global heating. The difference in ice density in those pictures, taken almost a century apart, was staggering. Continue reading...
A new season of construction is underway in Antarctica for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Specialist teams are arriving at Rothera, the UK’s largest research station and gateway for international … The post New construction season drives Antarctic modernisation forward appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration with members from our team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are most glaciers growing? The vast majority of glaciers have continued to shrink worldwide. To maintain stability, snowfall must equal ice loss from processes like surface melt, wind erosion, and avalanches. In most of the world, glaciers are shrinking due to warming and snowfall changes. By 1990, glaciers worldwide had lost 7% to 28% of their 1901 mass. Glacier research dates back to the 1890s, while specific “reference glaciers” have been continuously tracked since...