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Gen Z and Alpha-ers are set to outlive polar bears, if we don’t act in time
Polar bears, once thriving in the Arctic, now face a dire future due to unprecedented melting of se…
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A thriving colony of 300-year-old Arctic sea sponges survives by eating the fossils of extinct worms
Scientists are discovering alien-like worlds in the uncharted oceans of the Arctic and Antarctica. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bizarre heat waves strike Arctic and Antarctic poles, raising them 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal
As the Arctic emerges from the darkest winter days, Antarctica is about to enter them. Atmospheric …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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US Coast Guard cutters shadowed Chinese warships sailing near remote US territory in Alaska
The Chinese ships never entered US territorial waters, but news of their activity comes during a ne…
Ryan Pickrell,Christopher Woo…
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The summit of Greenland got rain, rather than snow, for the first time on record
Melting on Greenland, which has the largest ice mass in the northern hemisphere, contributes to ris…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Sea-ice levels in Antarctica at a 'mind-blowing' historic low
Sea ice levels in Antarctica are at an all-time low, causing scientists to worry about the effects …
Marta Biino
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Polar bear and grizzly bear hybrids, known as 'pizzly bears,' could become more common because of the climate crisis
Also known as grolar bears, the hybrids usually share some characteristic of both species, which on…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Ever Given is no longer blocking the Suez Canal, but Russia sees a long-term benefit from it being stuck
Russian officials capitalized on the canal's blockage to tout the Northern Sea Route, which Moscow …
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy sent surface ships deep into the Arctic, and close to Russia, for the first time in over 30 years
The Barents Sea is above northwest Russia, and the US-British operation there comes amid heightened…
Christopher Woody
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Welcome to your new planet: There's no such thing as a local disaster
The effects of climate change are inescapable. Extreme weather no longer stays confined to one loca…
Aria Bendix
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The Coast Guard's only working icebreaker sailed farther north than ever before 'to wave the flag' in the Arctic
While the US is scrambling to start building more icebreakers, its only functioning one is setting …
Christopher Woody
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The Navy has a new ocean to worry about, it's not clear how it's going to deal with it, top lawmaker says
"I don't feel like the Navy is sort of raising the alarm flag enough," Rep. Elaine Luria told Insid…
Courtney Mabeus
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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades
Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Climate-related changes to Earth's ice and oceans are now 'irreversible for centuries to millennia,' a new report says
The new IPCC report concludes that the past century has changed the Earth as we know it - and that …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Neighbors of 17-year-old Alaskan swimmer who won a shocking gold medal tell tourists she trains with whales and sea lions
Lydia Jacoby became a surprising gold medalists when she won the 100m breast stroke. In her hometow…
Jackson Thompson
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The Arctic hit its hottest temperature on record, more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
There's a 75% chance that 2020 could be the hottest year ever recorded, according to the US Nationa…
Isaac Scher
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With Russia keeping watch, US Navy subs ventured back to the high north to train where there's 'no safe haven'
Navy subs have decades of experience in the Arctic, but the challenging region has new importance a…
Christopher Woody
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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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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…