The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Scotland's weather faces a bitterly cold Arctic blast amid a new ice warning for the east coast.

Mercury could plummet to -5C in some places amid return to wintry conditions following balmy climes of 20C

The aircraft are modified with specialist monitoring equipment, as well as torpedoes

A high-pressure system is shifting out to the south and introducing colder Arctic air from the north

Britain plans to increase its military presence in the Arctic, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Tuesday, amid increased concerns among NATO allies about Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Satellite images show the Arctic has been getting greener as temperatures in the far northern region rise three times faster than the global average.

Scientists are now trying to determine why the Arctic region does not show similar patterns.

A week after the UK basked in 20C temperatures an Arctic blast could see the mercury tumble as low as -6C and there is expected to be widespread snow across the country on Thursday

Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica.

The last untapped area for shipping routes and exploitation is opening up and leading to new geopolitical tensions.

East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf – a floating platform the size of Rome – broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shelf had been disintegrating into icebergs in a series of what glaciologists call calving events.