Arctic

In records dating back to the 19th century, 2016 was the hottest year before 2015 and 2017, with 2018 in fourth place. Feb. 7, 2019 The...

L'ONU y voit la confirmation du réchauffement de notre planète et appelle à réduire les émissions de gaz à effets de serre. 06/02/2019 Le changement...

Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Richardson, Timothy M. Lenton, Carl Folke, Diana Liverman, Colin P. Summerhayes, Anthony D. Barnosky, Sarah E. Cornell, Michel Crucifix,...

By Kristina Harazim 29/03/2018 The Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, addressed senior military commanders in Moscow where he said the exercise involved anti-submarine aircraft. He...

by Robert Hunziker February 19, 2018 Imagine a scenario with no temperature difference between the equator and the North Pole. That was 12 million years ago...

Arctic temperatures soar 45 degrees above normal, flooded by extremely mild air on all sides By Jason Samenow Washington Post Februrady 21. 2018 While the Eastern United States...

by Robert Hunziker January 30, 2018 Not since 1953, when the U.S. and the Soviets exploded thermonuclear bombs, has the world been such a powder keg! Only...

By Federico PIERACCINI The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), by lending out money using an alternative currency to the dollar, opens up huge spaces for...

Experts believe the Arctic could be essentially free of sea ice for the first time in about 100,000 years within the next few decades. The famously impassable North West Passage is already open to shipping and fossil fuel companies are considering drilling in the region.

Danish and US researchers monitoring satellites and Arctic weather stations are surprised and alarmed by air temperatures peaking at what they say is an unheard-of 20C higher than normal for the time of year. In addition, sea temperatures averaging nearly 4C higher than usual in October and November.