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Finland breaks 50-year-old heat record
Helsinki (AFP) July 25, 2025 Finland has broken an over 50-year-old weather record as the country is witnessing the longest period of temperatures above 30C, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said on Friday. As Parikkala in eastern Finland hit 30.3 degrees Celsius before midday, this meant that temperatures have now soared to 30C in parts of the country 14 days in a row, breaking the previous record of 13 consecutive days from June and July 1972. "This is the longest period of consecutive days with temperatures exceeding ... read more |
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The eye-opening science of close encounters with polar bearsLongyearbyen (AFP) July 22, 2025 It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear - one of the most dangerous predators on the planet - on an Arctic ice floe. ... more 
Heat melts Alps snow and glaciers, leaving water shortageSaint-Christophe-En-Oisans, France (AFP) July 23, 2025 June's heatwave has caused snow and glaciers in the French Alps to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing. ... more 
From Antarctica to Brussels, hunting climate clues in old iceBrussels, Belgium (AFP) July 18, 2025 In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate. ... more 
Heat melts Alps snow and glaciers, leaving water shortageSaint-Christophe-En-Oisans, France (AFP) July 16, 2025 June's heatwave has caused French Alps snow and glaciers to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing. ... more |
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How did life survive 'Snowball Earth'? In ponds, study suggestsParis (AFP) June 19, 2025 Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely frozen over, creating what has been dubbed "Snowball Earth". ... more 
Arctic warming spurs growth of carbon-soaking peatlandsParis (AFP) June 19, 2025 Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms, new research showed Thursday, a change that could slow global heating in the near term but have the opposite effect in future. ... more 
Permafrost in Swiss Alps at record warmthGeneva (AFP) June 17, 2025 The permafrost in Switzerland's Alps is the warmest since records began, the Swiss Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday. ... more 
Macron, on Greenland visit, berates Trump for threats against the territoryNuuk (AFP) June 15, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday criticised US President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland, as he made a visit to the Danish autonomous territory. ... more 
Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwaveCopenhagen (AFP) June 11, 2025 Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday. ... more |
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Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists
Copenhagen (AFP) June 11, 2025 Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday. The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet since 1979, according to a 2022 study in scientific journal Nature. Climate change intensified the seven days of heat in May in Iceland by about three degrees Celsius, the WWA said. And i ... read more 
Emperor penguin populations declining faster than expectedParis (AFP) June 10, 2025 Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research on Tuesday that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined. ... more |
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Swiss glacier collapse offers global warning of wider impactDushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) May 31, 2025 The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide living under the shadow of fragile ice, particularly in Asia, experts say. ... more 
New research reveals wind jets fueling Thwaites Glacier's meltTokyo Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology and the British Antarctic Survey has uncovered previously unknown low-level wind jets (LLJs) in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarct ... more
Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapseGeneva (AFP) May 29, 2025 Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village. ... more
Ice age species evolved in stages across changing climatesLondon, UK (SPX) May 26, 2025 A recent study by researchers from Bournemouth University has unveiled distinct evolutionary phases among animals and plants during the ice age, providing new context for how cold-adapted species de ... more 
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herdersRovaniemi, Finland (AFP) May 24, 2025 A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging the ability of reindeer herders to exercise their livelihood. ... more |
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