Urgent Call to Sea Shepherd Supporters – Help Save Captain Watson from Extradition to Costa Rica!

They’re preparing to fight to extract the very fossil fuels that caused the melting in the first place. It’s like putting out fire with petrol.

Is It Too Late? Russian research team astonished after finding ‘fountains’ of methane bubbling to surface.

Climate change can be a bitch and the weird weather of recent years will only get worse, much, much worse.

A huge crack has been discovered in Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest uncertainties in determining global sea level rise, by NASA’s Operation IceBridge, which monitors changes in Antarctic ice.

The Arctic was once out of reach to anyone but intrepid explorers. Today it’s a natural resource battle ground.

Global economics, not declining sea ice, is driving ships to the Arctic Ocean. Only international regulation will protect the region, says Lawson Brigham.

The discovery of the “unprecedented” hole comes as the Canadian government is moving to cut its ozone monitoring network.

Region lost almost half its ice shelves in last six years.

Increased global rainfall may scour pollution from atmosphere, study predicts.

Russian PM Putin pledged to turn the Northeast passage into a key shipping route and modernise its Arctic infrastructure as Moscow seeks to stake out a claim over the energy-rich region.

Just days after Gen. Walt Natynczyk, Canada’s chief of defence staff, left Moscow after meeting his counterpart last weekend.

The National Energy Board is in the final stretch of a year-long review of the safety and environmental requirements for possible Arctic offshore petroleum operations.

An environmental group urged Canada to suspend oil exploration in the Arctic, warning that otherwise it risks an environmental disaster worse than the BP spill.

Satellite measurements reveal that volumes have fallen consistently over past 30 years.

When 8-year-old Kareem Ghadban completed the 14-km trek into the Arctic Circle, he claimed victory not just for himself but also for all people with rare disorders.

In parts of the Canadian and U.S. Arctic, buildings are already starting to collapse and roads crumble as the frozen ground warms up.

An article in the Christian Science Monitor is an indication that the media support the “treaty trap” option favoring the Russians and not the building of any new icebreakers to counter the Russian advantage.

The shooting of a polar bear marked the first time one of the Arctic region’s iconic bears — listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act — has died during a hazing operation.

Authorities have a clue as to what drove the man to resort to cannibalism.

In the guise of “integrity inquiry” the US government tries to silence an Arctic Scientist to protect the oil firms wanting for Arctic permits.

In spite of their strong claims over the Arctic, the claimant states came to a consensus on certain Arctic policies to abide with.

There may not be nothing wrong if a wealthy Chinese businessman buys an island. But if that happens to be near the Arctic, there’s cause for suspicion.

The opening of two major Arctic Ocean sea routes can only mean one thing: the Arctic is experiencing massive ice loss.

In spite of its claims, Canada is still far back behind in securing its Arctic region.

The scuffle for oil even in the remote areas such as the Arctic is proof that oil is becoming closer to its end.

Arctic Canada is a telecommunications backwater and without a federal strategy to increase bandwidth and reduce costs, the North risks falling even further behind.

NOAA, Shell Exploration & Production, ConocoPhillips, and Statoil USA E&P Inc. have signed an agreement to improve collaboration on ocean, coastal and climate science for the Arctic.

Arctic ice is melting faster than expected and could raise the average global sea level by as much as five feet this century.

Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen, along with counterparts from the Faroe Islands and Greenland, unveiled an arctic strategy for the next 10 years.