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Sea Level and Food

The ongoing collapse of a large part of the Antarctica ice sheet could devastate global food supply, drowning vast areas of crop lands across...

Antarctica Stations

This is the good news. It is not too late and that is wonderful. Even if emissions are slashed, there remains a 10% chance that sea level will rise significantly. This is the good news. It is not too late and that is wonderful.

Sea levels set to rise far more rapidly than expected

New research factors in collapsing Antarctic ice sheet that could double the sea-level rise to two metres by 2100 if emissions are not cut. Nearly a quarter of green open spaces now breach laws on nitrogen dioxide pollution (the stuff that spews out of diesel exhausts).

Iceland, Greenland & Norway

Iceland, Greenland and Norwegian Svalbard offer plenty sensory stimulants, starting with the aurora borealis. Land visitors to Iceland seeking seclusion should head west, where adventure ice cave "Into the Glacier" is open to the public.

Antarctica

It's the coldest, largest desert of the world, but in growing numbers, tourists are making their way to Antarctica. Warmer air, less-frigid water, and gravity...

A worst-case scenario

Warmer air, less-frigid water, and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica's western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought, raising...

Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

The research involved dozens of scientists and 10 satellite missions and presents a disturbing picture of the impact of recent warming at the poles... More...

Antarctica People

Even if the countries of the world control heat-trapping gases at the moderate levels they pledged in Paris last year, it would still mean...