Spring is coming, even to the North Pole. But winter is summarised by alarm bells - never before has ice cover peaked at such a low level as this season, according to the Danish weather agency DMI.
The US Coast Guard is taking part in a multi-NATO maritime exercise in northern Norway in April.
Sea ice continues to shrink. In early February, their extent in the polar regions reached a new record low and remained below the previous record set in February 2023 for the rest of the month, reports the EU's Copernicus climate service.
Sea ice at the poles, which helps cool the Earth, is at its lowest levels recorded this time of year, according to new satellite measurements, reports the BBC.
With a warmer climate, the sea ice is melting and more species are moving to northern latitudes. For killer whales, the melting sea ice provides new roaming opportunities further north into the Arctic Ocean.
As the ice disappears from the Arctic, new shipping routes have opened up. This poses a risk to the whales that swim the same routes, warns WWF.
An unexplained hum puzzled seismologists around the world - who joined forces to solve the mystery. Climate change was the triggering factor, according to the study.
When the polar bears are forced to spend more time on land than on the ice, the risk of them starving to death increases, a new study shows. This shows, say the researchers, that Polar Bears will find it difficult to adapt to a changing climate with warmer summers. "Polar bears are not grizzly bears wearing white coats. They're very, very different." said Charles Robbins, director of the Washington State University Bear Center and co-author of the study in the journal Nature Communications.
The narwhal is a relatively small arctic toothed whale (4 - 5 meters). It is shy and typically lives in the drift ice around the northern ice cap, where it can live up to 100 years. This makes the narwhal particularly vulnerable to the severe climate changes that are taking place around the Arctic. The Inuit have traditionally hunted narwhals both for their valuable tusk, fine meat and not least, for the tasty skin.
The sea ice in the Arctic will melt much faster than previously thought because today's climate models underestimate the rate, according to new research.
Walruses usually swim in the Arctic, but now a young walrus lies on a pier in Smögen and basks in the sun
She has researched life under the Arctic's last intact ice – a place where no one has done research before. "We will map an unknown ecosystem," says marine biologist Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm
Underwater photography in Northern Norway heads below the surface to film killer whales and humpback whales eating herring. They also dive at night and meet other inhabitants of the Arctic Ocean
During an expedition in northeastern Greenland, we met arctic researcher Mie Winding. She studies the microscopic creatures that are necessary for all life in the oceans. Here she explains how the oceanic food chain works, and how the shrinking of the sea ice and the melting of the glaciers affect the entire ecosystem in the Arctic
About 30 percent of the world's undiscovered gas resources and 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil resources are estimated to be north of the Arctic Circle. Sweden now leads meeting on ocean protection in the Arctic
The expedition to Greenland has been attacked by a polar bear. It broke in through a window and bit researcher Lars-Öivind Knutsen in the arm
Is there life under the last ice of the Arctic? Researcher Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm hopes for it, but does not dare to hope for anything until she has an actual fish in her hand
