

The shrinking Arctic ice protects us all. It’s time to act
Arctic old ice - the ice that stays throughout the summer - is shrinking rapidly. It plays a vital role in regulating the planet's climate, and its loss would be catastrophic. It's time t...
Dr Jeremy Wilkinson from the British Antarctic Survey is an expert on sea ice dynamics, thermodynamics and mechanics, ocean wave propagation through sea ice, and deep-convection and water mass modification. He is the scientific coordinator of the European Union’s Ice, Climate, Economics – Arctic Research on Change project. He is currently on the RV Araon deploying buoys in the #Arctic. See his blog: http://www.ice-arc.eu/?p=1805
Arctic old ice - the ice that stays throughout the summer - is shrinking rapidly. It plays a vital role in regulating the planet's climate, and its loss would be catastrophic. It's time t...
While the Arctic holds only 1% of the world’s ocean volume and occupies only 3% of the world’s ocean surface area, its impact on the global climate system is disproportionately large.
It's not just freezing temperatures across Europe that have scientists worried. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe - a worrying trend and a clear sign that now i...
Financial performance isn’t the only barometer of global economic risk. Rapid changes in the Arctic are a warning sign that our social-ecological-economic system is out of whack.
We live in a connected world, and what happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.
In 2007, acclaimed US scientist Mark Serreze announced that the Arctic summer sea ice had reached an ominous low. Summing up the science, he concluded: “The Arctic is screaming.” In 2012,...
The Arctic has been described as the canary in the coalmine for the health of the global environment. It is a complex region that is experiencing unprecedented change. We are witnessing d...
Every mid-September, the extent of Arctic summer sea ice reaches its lowest point in the year. Like an enormous ice cube, the Arctic ice melts back under the summer sun, before expanding ...