An Arctic walrus has been spotted off the coast of South Wales six days after the same creature was seen in Ireland. The RSPCA was called out to check on the welfare of the walrus, which had appeared on the Pembrokeshire coastline. It was first seen in Wales on Friday, at the bottom of a … Read more
An Arctic walrus has been spotted on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, the first time one of the animals has been seen in the country since 2004. The enormous animal was captured on video as it floundered on the rocks of Valentia Island, County Kerry, yesterday. Exactly how the cow-sized beast arrived in Ireland remains … Read more
The Arctic Oceans spans more than five million square miles and although the water is salty, thousands of years ago the vast ocean was a filled with freshwater. Researchers found that the Arctic Ocean as well as the Nordic Seas did not contain sea-salt in at least two glacial periods – once about 70,000 to … Read more
Three quarters of the microplastic pollution in the Arctic ocean is made up of polyester fibres from clothing and other textiles, a study has found. Canadian experts sampled seawater from 71 locations, finding that synthetic fibres more broadly make up types 92 per cent of microplastic pollution in the Arctic. Furthermore, sea water in the Arctic … Read more
Pictures have been released of miracle survivors from a Russian boat which sank in icy Arctic waters this morning, leaving 17 fishermen feared dead. The two men were rescued from The Onega, which sank off the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia’s far north at 7am local time, after reportedly becoming ‘caked with ice’. Boatswain Vladislav Butorin, … Read more
Hunt for 17 fishermen feared dead after their boat became ‘caked with ice’ and sank in minus 30 temperatures in the Russian Arctic The Onega sank in the Russian arctic in the early hours of Monday morning A search and rescue mission is under way for 17 missing members of the 19-strong crew after two … Read more
Britons today opened their curtains to fresh snow, with weather experts now forecasting -6C Arctic blasts and four more inches later today – sparking road and rail chaos warnings. Areas of the north such of the north, including Wigan and Manchester, were blanketed in snow overnight, along with Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands. Meanwhile, Londoners woke … Read more
Icy stare: Arctic fox perfectly blends into its background apart from its piercing orange eyes An Arctic fox was caught on camera fixing its intense gaze at a photographer The white-furred animal, spotted in Iceland, perfectly blends into the snow But its piercing orange eyes stand out from the background in the amazing snap By Emilia … Read more
While 2020 was one of the lowest years for active fires globally, fire intensity has been far higher in the worst affected areas, according to the EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
The Arctic’s sweltering 2020 continues in earnest with temperatures last weekend reaching more than 5° (12°F) above the norm for the 1990s. This alarming recording, from the University of Maine’s Climate Reanlayzer, is an average figure for the entire Arctic, an area measuring some 7.7 million square miles. In some isolated pockets, the temperature is … Read more