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Mexican immigrant death in U.S. custody raises concerns over detention conditions

A Mexican immigrant died while in U.S. immigration custody in Los Angeles on March 25, according to officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The case brings the total number of deaths in ICE detention facilities to at least 14 since the beginning of 2026. Authorities have not yet released......

ICE agents to be deployed in U.S. airports amid TSA staffing shortages

The U.S. administration announced on Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed in American airports starting Monday to assist with passenger security checks amid ongoing staffing shortages at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The announcement comes......

Greenland fishers struggle as Arctic warming melts vital sea ice

Fisherman Helgi Áargil says the waters of Greenland’s fjords have become increasingly unpredictable. Last year his boat became trapped in ice that broke away from a nearby glacier. This year the weather has been unusually wet. Some fishing trips bring him around 100,000 Danish kroner, about......

Antarctica nears irreversible climate tipping points, scientists warn

Antarctica is edging toward a series of climate tipping points that could trigger irreversible ice loss and long-lasting disruption of global sea levels, according to new research spanning the Antarctic Peninsula, the continent’s vast ice basins and a multimillion-year geological record. Scientists......

Greenland dog sled champion faces first snowless January

In the Arctic town of Ilulissat, about 300 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, five time Greenland dog sled champion Jørgen Kristensen is witnessing something he says he has never seen before: a January without snow or sea ice in the bay. Instead of gliding over frozen ground, Kristensen’s......

Scientists trace antarctic gravity hole to 70 million years of deep earth shifts

Two new scientific studies are reshaping understanding of Antarctica’s geological past and its potential future, linking slow-moving forces deep within the Earth to the evolution of the continent’s vast ice sheets. Researchers have traced the origins of Antarctica’s so called gravity......

12,000 year old elk hide in Oregon may be oldest sewn garment

Archaeologists have identified what may be the world’s oldest known sewn animal hide among a collection of Ice Age artifacts recovered from caves in central Oregon, offering rare material evidence of advanced clothing techniques used by early communities to endure extreme cold. The findings, published......

Greenland Olympian warns climate change threatens winter sports

As Greenlandic biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark competes at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, she says both her homeland and her sport face the same existential challenge: a warming planet that is steadily erasing snow and ice from Europe’s mountains and the Arctic alike. In an opinion piece published......

IMO committee debates cleaner fuel rules for Arctic shipping

As melting Arctic sea ice opens new maritime routes, four countries are pressing the International Maritime Organization to require cleaner fuels for ships operating in polar waters, aiming to curb black carbon emissions that accelerate ice loss. Denmark, France, Germany and the Solomon Islands have......