1.32 million - remember that number. It sounds big, except when it's describing Arctic sea ice: 1.32 million square miles is actually a new low point for Arctic ice - the smallest sea ice extent ever recorded in the Arctic since accurate measurements were made possible by satellites 30 years...

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On Sunday, the Arctic sea ice hit its lowest extent since consistent satellite records began three decades ago. And it is predicted to continue to shrink towards the end of September, according to...

"Great God! This is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority."

Such were the sentiments of Capt Robert Falcon Scott exactly 100 years ago today, as he reached the geographic South Pole, having followed in the sledge tracks of...

With consistently huge viewing figures - the opening two episodes alone drumming up 12 million viewers each - the BBC's Frozen Planet has captured the nation's imagination. It's not hard to see why - from jousting narwhals and synchronised killer whale hunts to men scaling vertigo-inducing cliffs in pursuit of...