Arctic Ocean
Melting of Arctic ice impacts weather in India
Rising temperature is causing sea-ice to melt, impacting ocean current linked to extreme weather eventsThe study was conducted by Germany-based Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
2 min read8 Apr 2019Opinion | Time to renew India's plan to combat climate change
Measures to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere include ramping up the installation of renewable energy systems to provide 75% or more of the world's electricity by 2050
4 min read15 Oct 2018Arctic sea ice may shrink to record low of 2012
Scientists say the satellite data show that the arctic sea ice was already extraordinarily thin in the summer of 2015
2 min read21 Apr 2016Arctic sea ice shrinks to lowest on record after ‘crazy' winter
Sea ice covered 14.52 million square kilometers of the northern ocean on 24 March, less than last year's record of 14.54 million square kilometers
1 min read29 Mar 2016Arctic animals navigate by the light of winter Moon
Researchers said that the behaviour is most likely an attempt by zooplankton to avoid predators hunting by moonlight
1 min read12 Jan 2016Expanding Arctic ocean to get its own shipping rules
The Polar Code will set stringent rules on pollution, safety of life, training, certification and watch keeping
2 min read21 Jan 2014Arctic methane breach an ‘economic time bomb'
The methane release would bring forward the date at which the global mean temperature rise exceeds 2ºC by between 15 and 35 years
2 min read25 Jul 2013Hunt for gas supplies gets tougher as firms go to the end of the world
Hunt for gas supplies gets tougher as firms go to the end of the world
6 min read10 Oct 2007