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Five geoengineering trials the UK is funding to combat global warming

The UK government recently announced plans to fund five small-scale trials related to geoengineering. It’s the first time a state research funding body has put serious money into what’s known as solar radiation management, or SRM, which seeks to cool the planet by reflecting more of the Sun’s energy back…

The Conversation

Norway’s Lofoten islands: an Arctic wonderland that will blow your holiday expectations out of the water

When Nick Howells visited historic village resort Nusfjord, he discovered a wild landscape that inspired Frozen and drama as breathtaking as any Disney movie

Evening Standard

Birds were nesting in the Arctic during age of dinosaurs, scientists discover

Minuscule fossils from 73m years ago are oldest evidence yet for birds nesting in polar regions

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Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the Mesozoic — the age of dinosaurs.

LiveScience

Military-free Iceland should have 'skin in the game' in securing Arctic region, PM says

The country's prime minister stressed on Wednesday that although the island nation doesn't have a military, "that doesn't mean we don't have strong defences and a role to play in NATO."

Euronews

Shipping between EU ports in the Arctic is driving the rapid loss of sea ice, report warns

Black carbon emissions from ships in the Arctic nearly doubled in six years.

Euronews

NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.

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UK turns to AI in bid to tackle Putin’s threat in Arctic

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The Independent UK

Navy to use AI to detect ‘hostile’ Russian activity in the Arctic

UK sanctions have also hampered Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to maintain his fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers to aid his invasion of Ukraine, as Donald Trump calls him ‘absolutely crazy’ for firing hundreds of drones and missiles overnight

The Independent UK

Lammy in Arctic mission to counter threat of Putin’s Russia

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Norway and Iceland to examine measures to counter Russia’s activities.

Evening Standard

Improving Arctic food security through DNA science and respectful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Over three-quarters of adults in Inuit Nunangat face food insecurity, a rate more than six times the Canadian national average. This statistic reflects not only limited access to market food but also the disruptions to Arctic ecosystems impacting traditional food availability.

The Conversation

Arctic, feathered … or just weird: what have we learned since Walking with Dinosaurs aired 25 years ago

As the BBC updates its groundbreaking series, a look at some of the recent scientific discoveries

The Guardian - UK

Growing Arctic Military Presence Worries Finland's Reindeer Herders

A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging the ability of reindeer herders to exercise their livelihood.

International Business Times

Penguin poo creates clouds that help cool the planet, study finds

Penguin excrement releases ammonia that helps form clouds over Antarctica, possibly slowing climate change in the region.

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British woman setting sail to break Arctic record made possible by melting ice

Ella Hibbert, 28, is preparing to set sail from Portsmouth

International Business Times

The Surprising Climate Power Of Penguin Poo

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.

Euronews

Why climate models miss the mark on Arctic warming – and how scientists are improving their accuracy

Researchers have also warned that even limiting global warming to 1.5°C won’t save our polar ice sheets.

The Independent UK

The Arctic adventure so thrilling I forgot to look for the northern lights

There’s more to Lapland than chasing aurora borealis and searching for Santa, as Harriet Mallinson discovers on a survival experience in Sweden

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World's largest iceberg, A23a, is disintegrating into thousands of pieces alongside penguin refuge — Earth from space

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

The Independent UK

HX launches rare Arctic cruise expeditions designed with Inuit communities

Cruise passengers will get access to more immersive experiences led by Inuits, such as char fishing on HX’s new excursion programme

The Conversation

Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences

Earth’s surface temperature has been 1.5°C hotter than the pre-industrial average for 21 of the last 22 months.

The Conversation

‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world

Most of us know there’s more than one version of English. What English people call a tap, Americans call a faucet; New Zealand’s jandals are Australia’s thongs. As well as British English, there are regional versions of Australian English, New Zealand English, and a significant number of other versions of…

The Guardian - UK

Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible

The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?

LiveScience

NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?

The Conversation

Arctic ice is vanishing – our bold experiment is trying to protect it

Like ice in a drink, Arctic sea ice keeps things cold – until it melts. Using the same principle, some scientists are investigating whether they can make sea ice thicker and better able to cool the planet. I recently returned from Cambridge Bay in the far north of Canada, where…

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