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NATO to open new air command in Norway's far north
Oslo (AFP) May 20, 2025 Norway announced Tuesday it had designated the small town of Bodo, north of the Arctic Circle, to permanently host a NATO air operations control centre. The announcement from the Norwegian government comes as neighbouring Russia is seeking to assert its power in the Arctic by modernising old bases and establishing new ones. During a ministerial meeting in February, NATO countries agreed to establish the alliance's third European Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Norway, leaving Oslo to de ... read more |
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Biodiversity boom in Antarctic soils driven by microbial cooperationBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2025 In a surprising twist to assumptions about life in Earth's harshest environments, scientists have discovered a rich and diverse community of microbes thriving in Antarctic glacier forefields, sugges ... more 
Krypton-81 Dating Achieved for Antarctic Ice by USTC ResearchersTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2025 Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have successfully applied a novel dating technique, known as All-Optical Atom Trap Trace Analysis, to 1-kilogram Antarctic ice ... more 
Mountain Glaciers Face Centuries-Long Recovery Even if Warming ReversedLondon, UK (SPX) May 20, 2025 New research indicates that glaciers around the world will require centuries to recover, even if global temperatures are eventually reduced to pre-industrial levels. The study, led by scientists fro ... more 
Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutantsNorway (AFP) May 19, 2025 With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. ... more |
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Summer 2024 was Lapland's warmest in 2,000 years: studyHelsinki (AFP) April 28, 2025 The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway and Sweden, driven by climate change, the Finnish Meteorological Institute told AFP on Monday. ... more 
Melting glaciers at the end of the Ice Age may have sped up continental drift, fueled volcanic eruptionsBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2025 Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up-with a little help from ... more
Melting snow and ice reinforce cloud-driven cooling slowing Arctic thawSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 New findings from Peking University researchers reveal that melting snow and ice may unexpectedly contribute to moderating further Arctic warming by enhancing the cooling effect of clouds. This disc ... more 
'Hard on the body': Canadian troops train for Arctic defenseTuktoyaktuk, Canada (AFP) April 12, 2025 In normal conditions, Canadian Air Force helicopter pilot Jonathan Vokey uses the treeline to gauge his altitude. But in the Arctic, where the landing zone is an expanse of white snow, he has to adjust. ... more 
Head of US base in Greenland fired after Vance visitCopenhagen (AFP) April 11, 2025 The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington's agenda for the Arctic island. ... more |
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Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel
Yakutsk, Russia (AFP) April 9, 2025 Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem. But the body they were dissecting is a baby mammoth who died around 130,000 years ago. Discovered last year, the calf - nicknamed Yana, for the river basin where she was found - is in a remarkable state of preservation, giving scientists a glimpse into the past and, potentially, the future as climate change thaws the permafrost in which she was ... read more
Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpelYakutsk, Russia (AFP) April 4, 2025 Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem. ... more |
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Rubio reaffirms 'strong' US relationship with Denmark at meeting Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 3, 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday reassured his Danish counterpart of the "strong" ties between the two countries, as tensions soar over Washington's territorial threats against Greenland. ... more
Drone reveals airborne clues to Greenland ice sheet meltLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 For the first time, scientists have obtained detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland's ice sheet using a custom-built drone, opening new possibilities for improving models of ice l ... more
Melting ice, more rain drive Southern Ocean coolingStanford CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled over most of the past four decades. The discrepancy between model res ... more
Denmark criticises 'tone' of Vance's Greenland commentsCopenhagen (AFP) Mar 29, 2025 Denmark on Saturday said it did not like the "tone" of US Vice President JD Vance's comments that Copenhagen had not done enough for Greenland, during his visit to the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump. ... more 
Vance due in Greenland as anger mounts over Trump takeover bidCopenhagen (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 US Vice President JD Vance is on Friday due to tour a US military base in Greenland, a visit viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation amid President Donald Trump's bid to annex the Danish territory. ... more |
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