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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...
A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.
'You look up and see light coming through': The divers venturing under the ice in the name of science
It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how ...
Arctic ice approaches historic low, impacting habitat for polar bears
At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...
How SAS-style Arctic forces who train UNDER ice will defend Greenland from Trump & why only strongest beat brutal drills
DEEP in the Arctic wilderness, where temperatures plummet to -40°C and daylight is fleeting, an elite unit of Danish special ...
Warming US-Russia ties could put China’s Arctic ambitions on ice, experts warn
Beijing has relied on Moscow for access to the far north but a geopolitical realignment is under way that could see it frozen out.
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February made me shiver (but not the Arctic)
Arctic sea ice growth was slow in February, leaving extent at record-low levels for the end of the month. In the Antarctic, ...
Scientists say Arctic is in 'new regime,' cite increasing temperatures and melting ice
ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists determined that the Arctic entered a "new regime" due to the effects of climate change, ...
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Global sea ice cover hit a record low in February, researchers find
which combines the amount of sea ice present in the Arctic and Antarctic, hit a new low in early February and remained below the previous record from 2023 for the rest of the month. In particular ...
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'You look up and see light coming through': The divers venturing under the ice in the name of science
Because of climate change, the Arctic is warming four times faster ... (You can read more about what it is like under the ice in Antarctica in Katherine Latham's fascinating article about this ...