Dramatic changes to the polar ice caps caused by climate change are being reflected in a new edition map of Antarctica and the Artic. Produced by cartographers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), ...

Global warming has increasingly led to the melting of Arctic ice. And, as the ice melts, the world's last true backwater will become a hotbed of global geopolitical competition. The following map from ...

Arctic sea ice melting leads to increased open water days, impacting ecosystems and coastal erosion for future generations. When will these changes become so significant that they'll completely exceed ...

The Arctic is changing rapidly. It's warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The seasonal sea-ice is in long-term decline and the ice sheet that sits atop Greenland is losing mass at a rate ...

Novaya Zemlya: There is still uncharted territory in Russia's vast Arctic north A Russian Arctic expedition has mapped five small islands in the far north, discovered by a student analysing a ...

A “mind-boggling” heat wave in the Arctic has broken temperature records in north-west Russia, meteorologists have said. Last Wednesday, the mercury rose above 30C in parts of the Arctic, ...

Britons are facing heavy snow and bone-chilling temperatures at the start of 2026, weather maps have suggested.

Weather maps reveal two specific areas will be broadsided by blizzards carrying up to 5 inches of snow on January 7, with ...

The new edition - with Antarctica on one side and the Arctic on the reverse - contains brand new sea ice extent data, updated towns and airports in the Arctic, and new ice shelf outlines in Antarctica ...