arctic circle

Planes favour Arctic routes over Antarctic ones due to shorter great circle paths, driven by Northern Hemisphere city layouts and high demand. Safety regulations, available diversion airports in the Arctic, and less extreme weather also contribute. Antarctica lacks the necessary infrastructure, demand, and favourable conditions for regular commercial flights, making it a riskier proposition.

The Batagaika Crater in Siberia, a massive thermokarst formation, is expanding due to thawing permafrost, revealing ancient geological and biological records. This "Door to the Underworld" serves as a critical natural laboratory, offering insights into Earth's past climate and acting as a stark warning of accelerating permafrost melt driven by climate change and past deforestation.

Massive nationwide protests against US President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance. Several million people turned out, from New York to San Francisco and many places in between.

Across the US, from small towns to big cities, protesters turned out in millions over war, prices and immigration crackdowns. Does this moment signal a real shift?

Denmark’s public broadcaster first published information about plans that included blowing up airfields if the US attempted to carry out an invasion.

Will Northern Lights illuminate UK skies tonight? Forecasters hint at rare widespread show

Covering 4% of Earth's surface, the arctic circle is a region of extremes, home to diverse wildlife and human settlements across eight countries. Governed by the Arctic Council, the area’s landscapes and phenomena, like the Northern Lights, continue to captivate despite its boundaries receding annually due to axial tilt shifts.

Real Madrid dominated Manchester City 3-0, with Federico Valverde netting a hat-trick, while PSG secured a commanding 5-2 win over Chelsea. Bodø/Glimt continued their surprising run with a 3-0 victory against Sporting Lisbon. Arsenal drew 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen, as Premier League teams faced a tough start in the round of 16.

A global surge in pet abandonment, exacerbated by rising costs and lifestyle shifts, is starkly visible in Dubai and increasingly in India. While a pet boom offers companionship to urban Indians, it also fuels a status-driven obsession with foreign breeds, leading to neglect of native animals and abandonment when challenges arise.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would travel to Austria, Norway, arctic circle and Switzerland later this week, his spokesperson has announced.

Uncontrolled forest fires across one of the planet's coldest regions has sent a quarter of a billion tonnes of CO2 spiralling into the atmosphere since January this year, topping by more than a third the total for 2019, according to satellite data.

PUNE: Why not get adventurous this summer and make a trip to the arctic circle?

President Pranab Mukherjee will become the first Indian head of state to cross the arctic circle when he visits Rovaniemi in Lapland, the so-called "official hometown of Santa Claus" during his visit to Finland and Norway.

Sonakshi Sinha was on a vacation to the arctic circle and she's certainly had the time of her life

Satellite observations show that since 1979, the amount of sea ice in the Arctic in September — the month when there is the least sea ice, before water starts freezing again — has declined by 13% per decade, the researchers said. Some models show ice-free Septembers as early as 2026, while others suggest the phenomenon will begin as late as 2132.