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A frozen Arctic grave held its secret for 181 years until DNA revealed four more sailors from Franklin's doomed expeditionDNA science is finally putting names to the lost crew of the 1845 Franklin expedition. A recent study identified four more sailors, bringin...
A surprising Arctic discovery shows melting icebergs are quietly building hidden neighborhoods on the ocean floorMelting icebergs are creating hidden arctic homes as disappearing glaciers reshape the deep ocean. Scientists found that iceberg-carried ro...
12 scientists will drift across the Arctic, locked inside sea ice for 8 months to watch an ocean survive its darkest, coldest seasonA daring expedition is underway as 12 individuals will spend eight months adrift in the Arctic Ocean, encased in ice. This mission, Tara Po...
Scientists just found Arctic marine heat waves have increased since the 1980s, and a Barents Sea event lasted 480 days because melting sea ice and warming waters are rewriting the region’s climate clockThe Arctic Ocean is experiencing unprecedented marine heatwaves, lasting longer and becoming more intense due to climate change and melting...
The Arctic is sitting on a 63-billion-ton carbon secret, and scientists are concernedBeneath the Arctic’s frozen surface lies a hidden carbon reserve of nearly 63 billion tons. As rising temperatures thaw ancient permafrost,...
Antarctica is in the middle of winter right now. Scientists are worried about a France-sized stretch of ocean where ice is failing to formWinter is the season when Antarctica's frozen edge usually expands. This year, one part of the continent is doing the opposite. Scientists ...
Melting icebergs are dropping rocks onto the Arctic seafloor, and those stones are turning into deep-sea homes for marine life as climate change quietly redraws where life can liveMelting icebergs in the Arctic are delivering rocks to the seafloor. These rocks are becoming new homes for corals and sponges. This discov...
Think it's hot now? World headed for repeated heat record shocks, warns UNNew United Nations climate projections reveal Earth will likely surpass the safe climate threshold repeatedly in the next five years. The h...
Scientists drilled only 200 meters into Antarctica and uncovered Earth's oldest ice with 6-million-year-old air trapped insideScientists have recovered 6-million-year-old ice from Antarctica. This ice contains air bubbles from Earth's ancient atmosphere. It offers ...
White House invite to PM Modi has flouted protocol, says Ex DiplomatFormer Diplomat Veena Sikri highlights protocol concerns regarding an invitation for Prime Minister Modi. She notes renewed US interest in ...
Scientists issue dire warning for humanity: Arctic Ocean's ice-free days just three years awayA new study warns that the Arctic Ocean could experience its first ice-free day as early as 2027, a dramatic consequence of accelerated ice...
2022 Arctic winter sea ice 10th-lowest on record: NASAThe Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres on February 25 - earlier than usual - and was roughly 770,000 square ki...
Arctic ice hits its minimum for the year: What's driving the overall decline?In recent years, Arctic sea ice levels have been at their lowest since at least 1850 for the annual mean and in at least 1,000 years for la...
Arctic sea ice decline slows down temporarily: NasaAs temperatures in the Arctic have warmed at double the pace of the rest of the planet, the expanse of frozen seawater that blankets the Ar...
- Arctic ice cover reaches second lowest minimum on record
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The 2016 Arctic sea ice cover tied with 2007 for the second lowest yearly minimum on record, according to a new r...
Arctic sea ice at record low, WMO to consolidate dataArctic sea ice cover may have reached its minimum for the year on September 16, according to scientists at the US National Snow and Ice Dat...
Arctic sea ice set to hit record lowArctic sea ice is set to hit a record low by the end of the month, latest satellite data has shown.