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Global warming threatens to release massive methane reserves hidden underneath the Arctic's permafrost!
A century of coal, hydrocarbon and scientific drilling had revealed that the cluster of islands has…
Svalbard Global Seed Vault accepted a record-breaking number of seed deposits amid climate crisis
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault saw its largest number of new contributors in one day and now holds …
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Photos show what it's like in one of the world's northernmost ghost towns, where an abandoned Russian mining outpost appears frozen in time
Left: A Pyramiden local stands watch over the town, keeping an eye out for polar bears. Right: The …
Melissa Wiley
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A day in the life of a woman who lives on the rugged Svalbard Islands, where it’s dark 4 months of the year and locals run into polar bears
While anyone can move to Svalbard visa-free, it's not an easy place to live. Polar bears outnumber …
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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A woman's exhausting TikTok reveals what it's like to walk a dog in the world's northernmost town, where it's dark 4 months of the year and you're likely to run into a polar bear
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard allows anyone from anywhere to move there indefinitely, visa-…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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What life is like on Norway's rugged Svalbard Islands, where anyone can move without a visa
If you've always wanted a taste of this Nordic joie de vivre, you're in luck: while there are a few…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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Anyone can live and work in Svalbard, a group of Arctic islands, visa-free as long as they don't run out of money and abide by a unique set of rules
See what it's like working in the world's northernmost town, where you can't give birth, bury the d…
Hannah Towey
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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
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An amazing photo of a polar bear napping on an iceberg is driving a conversation about the climate crisis
More than 75,000 people voted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award showc…
Mikhaila Friel
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Rapidly retreating Arctic glaciers are triggering the release of ancient methane. Here's why scientists are worried.
Groundwater springs have appeared close to Svalbard's retreating glaciers. Scientists are worried t…
Marianne Guenot
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The mystery of Siberia's strange exploding craters may have finally been solved
The explosions, which can be heard miles away, create huge craters in the Siberian north, and no on…
Marianne Guenot
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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner made history. It's the first of its kind to fly into Antarctica — landing on an icy runway with 45 passengers.
Budget carrier Norse Atlantic joined the Antarctic club when it flew a Boeing 787 with 45 passenger…
Rebecca Rommen,Taylor Rains
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The top sheet vs. duvet debate just got more heated: Introducing the viral 'Scandinavian Sleep Method'
The method also calls for duvets and sheets to be aired out in the cold — though viewers were…
Geoff Weiss
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A mysterious Arctic shark that can live for 500 years got lost and ended up swimming in the balmy waters of the Caribbean, scientists say
The natural habitat of the Greenland shark — that can live up to 500 years — is the icy waters of…
Rebecca Rommen
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The Nord Stream pipeline attack shows what Russia can do, Western officials say, even if they can't prove Russia did it
Russia is a capable opponent in the "gray zone" and in "high intensity" warfare, "so we'll have to …
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy is putting its submarines on rare public display in a message to Russia's growing undersea force
Amid worries about Russia's growing submarine force, the US Navy has made its submarine deployments…
Christopher Woody
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Scientists want to send 6.7 million sperm samples to the moon as a 'global insurance policy'
They'd like a huge payload of sperm and ova being stored on the moon. This sperm bank, or "ark," wo…
Cheryl Teh
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GitHub, the world's largest open-source software site, just had mounds of data stored in the permafrost chamber of an old coal mine deep in an Arctic mountain for 1,000 years
Longyearbyen, Norway, is the world's northernmost town, where 21TB of data is now stored "to preser…
Katie Canales
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The best wildlife photos of the year show a curious grizzly, dueling reindeer, and fish swimming through a cloud of sperm
Climate change is transforming the landscapes around predators, fish, and birds, but they all still…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The world's 'doomsday seed vault' is built to store every crop on the planet, but the icy area that protects it is at risk
Inger Hanssen-Bauer, the editor of the new report, told CNN that the climate in Longyearbyen is pro…