It is a startling prediction that highlights the grim reality of our surroundings. According to one of the world’s leading ice experts, the final collapse of the Arctic sea ice will take place in summer months within four years time. In a recent article, the Guardian profiles the predications of [...]

In a follow-up to a Greener Ideal article posted last week, scientists say critical ice in the Arctic Ocean has officially melted to a record low. The National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to 1.58 million square miles and is likely [...]

Scientists with Europe’s Cryosat mission have been getting an extraordinary glimpse of the Great North. The Cryosat team, led from University College London, has been watching the ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice with great precision. The radar spacecraft was launched in 2010 to monitor changes in the thickness [...]

According to American scientists, the Arctic ice cap is on course to shrink to its lowest level yet next week. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has released a report, stating the extent of Arctic sea ice will reach a record low. The NSIDC is a the U.S. [...]

An icebreaker has become the first ship from China to cross the Arctic Ocean. It is a major feat for an economic powerhouse, looking to capitalize on new trade routes to the far north. A record thaw caused by climate change is allowing the world’s 2nd largest economy to reach [...]

New images acquired by NASA show that Arctic sea ice is melting at an astounding pace – particularly in the Parry Channel, which is part of the famous Northwest Passage. The recent photos have many scientists scrutinizing the environmental and geopolitical impacts of climate change in the polar region. The [...]

The ice in the arctic has been reducing at a rapid pace since the 1990s leading scientists to speculate that the Arctic may eventually become ice-free during the summers as early as the late 2020s. The loss of Arctic ice will undoubtedly have a negative effect on wildlife. There’s no [...]

The Petermann Glacier in Greenland has had a long crack in the northern tip and on Monday, NASA satellites confirmed that an iceberg more than double the size of Manhattan, measuring 59-square-mile (150 square kilometers), has broken off.  The break took place in the portion of the ice sheet that [...]

New research published last month in the journal Polar Biology suggests that courtesy of global warming, the population of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) is on a steady decline with more than a third of their colony gone over the course of the past 20 years. Researcher Andres Barbosa and his colleagues counted the [...]

A new discovery of ocean life by NASA has been described as “unprecedented” and compared to “finding a rainforest in the middle of the desert”. The NASA team had to cut through three feet of sea ice to study the water beneath, but what they found in the water was [...]