07 Jul 2025
Photo of iceberg in Antarctica by Rob Long The waters surrounding Antarctica are becoming more saline, defying long-held expectations and raising fresh alarm over the accelerating collapse of sea ice. Scientists using European Space Agency satellite data and ocean-based sensors have found that the Southern Ocean has been steadily growing saltier since 2015—a trend […]
27 Oct 2020
Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/alarm-as-arctic-sea-ice-not-yet-freezing-at-latest-date-on-record?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Guardian ‘Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in […]
07 Jul 2019
A newly completed 40-y record of satellite observations is used to quantify changes in Antarctic sea ice coverage since the late 1970s. Sea ice spreads over vast areas and has major impacts on the rest of the climate system, reflecting solar radiation and restricting ocean/atmosphere exchanges. The satellite record reveals that a gradual, decades-long overall […]
10 Apr 2017
On the back of the record lows of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice levels MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee have launched a new inquiry (see below) to look at the implications for UK. NASA: sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime […]
30 Mar 2016
Climate change experts always warn of exceptional weather and earlier this year we highlighted this in relation to the northern floods and rainfall levels. This set of five articles outlines how thinking is changing on: 1 & 2 How scientists are attributing exceptional weather events to climate change 3 – 5 Cover more extremes: global temperatures […]