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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…
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Columbus' voyages sparked epidemics that killed so many people, it may have crashed carbon dioxide levels worldwide
Columbus' expedition to North and South America brought not only conquest and exploitation to the r…
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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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A camera from a 1937 explorer was discovered on a Canadian glacier. Scientists are trying to develop the 85-year-old film loaded inside.
Decades ago, explorer Bradford Washburn hit bad weather and abandoned his camera gear on the remote…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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I took a 6-hour cruise around Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park. Between the glaciers and wildlife, it was an unbelievable ride.
My husband, Joey, and I wanted to get the best of both worlds, so we boarded a six-hour, $220-per-p…
Emily Pogue
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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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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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Elite cocktail bars in the UAE have a new way to draw in customers: luxury ice from arctic glaciers
A company in Greenland is harvesting ice from the country's shrinking glaciers and selling it to el…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Llama poop sparked 57% more plant growth in a part of the Andes that was barren and ravaged by climate change
Scientists found that raising llamas in a barren part of the Andes helped fertilize soil, following…
Maiya Focht
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Aristotle first spotted 'blood snow' on Mount Olympus. Today, photos show that colorful algae may be eating away Earth's glaciers.
Blooms of colorful algae on glaciers in the Alps, Antarctica, and Greenland.Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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I had a placental abruption at 35 weeks. My midwife was on a glacier in Alaska.
She had placenta abruption at 35 weeks. Her daughter was delivered safely and spent a week in the N…
Chaunie Brusie
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Researchers discovered a hidden Antarctic landscape under a layer of ice over a mile thick that shows how different the continent looked millions of years ago
There are ancient hills and valleys preserved under a thick layer of ice in Antarctica. The frozen …
Jenny McGrath
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'Doomsday' glacier which could raise sea levels by several feet if melted — is 'holding on by its fingernails' says new study
Using a new sea floor mapping technique, scientists found the Thwaites "Doomsday" glacier had retre…
Mia Jankowicz
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Key ice shelf on Antarctica's doomsday glacier will probably shatter like a car windshield within 5 years, scientists say
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier — a key source of sea-level rise — will melt much faster after losing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Arctic puffins evolved into a new species 6 generations ago, but they might be less fit to survive, a new study shows
Two species of puffins began breeding within the last century in response to climate change. This m…
Maiya Focht
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Glaciers in Switzerland melted so much that they revealed 2 long-lost bodies and a plane wreck from 1968
As the world warms due to climate change, glaciers in the Swiss Alps are thawing, especially in the…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Photos show how drastically Montana's Glacier National Park has changed since the 1900s
While its name has stayed the same, its namesake — glaciers — have transformed radically. Photos ta…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter — and scientists aren't sure why
Mars is losing a fraction of a millisecond every year, according to measurements by NASA's InSight …