Yesterday
The secret history of the Arctic and Antarctica
When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.”
- Kathleen Jamie
January
Trump vows to unleash US fossil fuels, halt climate co-operation
The president launched a sweeping overhaul of US energy policy after taking office, putting the weight of the federal government behind fossil-fuel production.
- Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Jarrett Renshaw
Greenland wants to be independent, prime minister says
“We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic,” Prime Minister Múte B. Egede told reporters.
The harsh economics of mining the Arctic
Donald Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland is just one symptom of the world’s lust for polar minerals. But who wants to work in a frozen wasteland?
- The Economist
October 2024
This Aussie banker jacked it in for an Arctic journey like no other
Keith Tuffley, a former Goldman Sachs Australia boss, gave up an exec role at Citi in London to sail his schooner on a four-month voyage in the Arctic. But his adventure had a purpose, too.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September 2024
US accuses China of directly supporting Russia’s ‘war machine’
Kurt Campbell said China was supplying Moscow with items that were directly helping the Russian military as it prosecutes its war of aggression in Ukraine.
- Henry Foy, Polina Ivanova, Kathrin Hille and Demetri Sevastopulo
June 2024
Become a polar explorer, without giving up the luxuries
Ponant’s icebreaker vessel takes cruise passengers right into the icy Arctic circle.
- Jane Cornwell
April 2024
The incredible plan to refreeze the arctic
A new start-up is fighting climate change by thickening ice in the Arctic.
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
March 2024
Research we’re watching: pancreatic cancer, dementia, Arctic ice
We look at recent research in: pancreatic cancer; three-dimensional processors; an ice-free Arctic; a dementia breakthrough; and a new cash crop for Australia.
- Alana Piper
Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden
With more than 4000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Nordic Response 2024 represents the newcomer’s largest ever participation in a foreign exercise.
- Jari Tanner
February 2024
There may be millions more species than we realise
As DNA testing creates new ways of defining species, scientists can’t agree on how many there are.
- Carl Zimmer
September 2023
Australians stranded on luxury cruise in Greenland
Ninety Australians are stuck aboard a luxury cruise liner in a national park in Greenland after it ran aground on Tuesday.
- Mark Ludlow
May 2023
The best luxury winter cruises for snow and sea
From reindeer-drawn sleighs to dog-sledding, snowshoeing and ice-caving, the day excursions included in these winter sailings are all tempting.
- Fiona Carruthers
March 2023
Biden breaks climate pledge with $12b Alaska oil project
The ConocoPhillips’ Willow venture would add 180,000 barrels a day of new supply at its peak.
- Updated
- Jennifer Dlouhy
February 2023
Ten status-symbol holidays to brag about this year
Forget private jets and penthouse suites. Steal the limelight with tales of a hydrogen balloon flight to the edge of outer space, priced at $182,377 per person.
- Rachel Ingram
January 2023
Russia ‘has built’ first batch of new nuclear tsunami torpedoes
Moscow claims to have manufactured its first set of Poseidons, which are over 100 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
- Joe Barnes
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Ego and ambition are also in the energy mix
Building a fossil fuel-powered world took ambition and willpower. It’s logical to assume that decarbonised energy will need the same qualities.
- The AFR View
August 2022
Russia burns $14.3m of gas once meant for Europe
Huge flares raise energy price fears as Volodymyr Zelensky urges faster action to force Russians from nuclear plant.
- Verity Bowman
June 2022
The green club: Sustainable hotels find power in numbers
A growing number of operators are joining collectives that invest in protecting what they most rely on for success – Mother Nature.
- Ute Junker
October 2021
China’s rise prompts NATO to adjust its focus
Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg reveals significant broadening of the Western alliance’s strategic objectives in response to the perceived threat from Beijing.
- Roula Khalaf and Henry Foy