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Melting poles: Unprecedented levels of sea ice loss threatens global climate balance
Sea ice plays a crucial role in maintaining Earth's temperature by reflecting a significant amount …
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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow
Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…
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Why the melting of the Arctic ice matters to India
The Arctic has experienced two to four times faster temperature increases than the rest of the worl…
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Arctic sea ice is melting faster than it has in 41 years
The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic …
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The planet lost more Arctic sea ice than the area of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh combined in 2021
Every year, sea ice regrows during the winter months to recuperate what was lost during the summ…
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Antarctica's sea ice is decreasing, but that seems to also be increasing snowfall over the continent!
Antarctica's ice sheet, like Greenland, comprises a massive reservoir of freshwater. The primary so…
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Greenland’s ice sheets are melting too quickly, and we’re already halfway to the point of no return
Imagine you stand by the ocean line at the beach, where the rolling waves periodically drench your …
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Arctic sea ice thinning twice as fast than expected, say researchers
Sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning up to twice as fast as previously thou…
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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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Record heat in the Arctic is setting the stage for a different kind of conflict
Rising heat and shrinking ice are opening the Arctic to more ships, but those changes also have imp…
Christopher Woody
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Rain could soon overtake snow in parts of the Arctic, top scientists warn
The Arctic fringes may become rainfall-dominant environments in a few decades. In places like south…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Rapid melting sea-ice in the Arctic may hamper India’s monsoon pattern: Study
The polar Arctic Zone — which has been melting from the past two centuries — has started melting dr…
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3 winners and 3 losers from a melting Arctic
While most would justifiably consider this a tragic consequence of climate change, some countries a…
Brent Peabody, Center for a N…
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An unexpected force may be speeding up glacier melt across the globe: colorful algae blooms
Ice and snow across the planet are turning spectacular shades of pink, purple, and green. Scientist…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Map shows the ice sheets and glaciers melting that scientists most fear will be the source of catastrophic rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising steadily each year due to global warming, but these glaciers and ice sheets m…
Marianne Guenot,Annie Fu
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The amount of warming that world leaders collectively agreed to avoid? It's inevitable in the next 20 years, a new report suggests.
In the Paris agreement, 195 countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. A new …
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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Arctic explorer rates 9 polar survival scenes In tv shows and movies
Explorer Dwayne Fields looks at nine polar-exploration scenes from popular TV shows and movies and …
Ju Shardlow,Sarah Medroumi
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Melting ice in Alaska is forming new lakes full of bacteria 'belching' methane into the atmosphere, NASA scientist warns
The lakes — called thermokasts – form when permafrost melts, causing the ground to coll…
Marianne Guenot
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How Delta, Rangers, and the Green Berets' unique training would pay off in an Arctic war with Russia
Arctic warfare demands a special set of skills to survive and win - skills that Army special operat…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The Arctic is melting - and it shows no sign of returning to being reliably frozen
It was the second-warmest year the Arctic has ever experienced. But the past summer was relatively …