Antarctica rose to the surface of strategic competition this week. It appeared prominently in both the Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN) and in China’s new five-year plan. Antarctic affairs have long been …
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The polar regions, long regarded as remote, frozen frontiers of science and exploration, are emerging as arenas of strategic competition and geopolitical tension. What happens at the ends of the Earth increasingly matters for global …
A record number of participants. An Arctic storm grounding planes. A program reshuffled at the last minute. From 22 to 24 October, participants flocked to the 2025 Polar Law Symposium in Nuuk, Greenland, not just …
An executive order by the United States in April authorising expanded engagement in seabed mining reflects shifting approaches to the governance of critical mineral resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction. As legal frameworks evolve beneath …
‘Runaway ice loss causing rapid and catastrophic sea level rise is possible within our lifetime,’ according to a joint emergency statement released by more than 300 scientists at the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference in …