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NATO prepares for Russian threat in harsh Arctic Badderen , Norway (AFP) Mar 11, 2024 Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy. "There is a saying that 'if you want to keep the peace, you need to prepare for war'," the 19-year-old corporal told AFP, clutching his automatic rifle. "That's what we're doing." The simulated assault on NATO's frigid Arctic fringe was part of its sprawling, four-month Steadfast Defender exercise - the largest drills st ... read more |
Slowdown in Arctic sea ice movement, impacting marine transport and climate Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 A groundbreaking study by York University researchers reveals a significant shift in Arctic sea ice dynamics, forecasting a slowdown in sea ice movement in the coming decades. This change could have ... more Pueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 28, 2024 In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more Pueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 21, 2024 In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more Caracas (AFP) March 5, 2024 A small patch of ice among bare rock is all that remains of Venezuela's last glacier, which the government hopes to restore to its former glory using a geothermal blanket. ... more |
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Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone realized Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Th ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 A Yale-led research team has picked a side in the "Snowball Earth" debate over the possible cause of planet-wide deep freeze events that occurred in the distant past. According to a new study, ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 Australian geologists have used plate tectonic modelling to determine what most likely caused an extreme ice-age climate in Earth's history, more than 700 million years ago. The study, publish ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 In an era where climate change's effects are increasingly evident in the Arctic, the necessity for advanced tools to observe and manage permafrost landscapes has never been more critical. The Arctic ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end o ... more |
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada Ottawa (AFP) Feb 9, 2024 Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in Canada's far north as unseasonably warm weather on Friday also saw its largest city, Toronto, break a winter heat record. Communities in Ontario and neighboring Manitoba provinces declared a state of emergency as the warm spell made the network of ice roads - which across Canada spans more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) between dispersed populations - unpassable. Many remote communities in Canada's north depend on ice roads - compacted ... read more Gerlache Strait, Antarctica (AFP) Feb 7, 2024 In remote Antarctica, Colombian marine biologist Paulo Tigreros dips a net into the icy waters in his hunt for microplastics in what should be one of the best-preserved ecosystems in the world. ... more |
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Canada ice fishing season gets off to late start due to warm weather Sainte-Anne-De-La-Perade, Canada (AFP) Feb 6, 2024 On a frozen river in Canada, a cluster of brightly coloured cabins stand out against the white snow as vehicles crawl to and fro. ... more Providence RI (SPX) Feb 02, 2024 New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers. Permafrost, the thick layer of soil that stays frozen ... more Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 31, 2024 Greenland absorbs more of the greenhouse gas methane than it emits, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen released Wednesday. ... more Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Loss of scientific data from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned Monday. ... more Aboard The Arc Simon Bolivar, Antarctica (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Colombia's 10th Antarctic Expedition is making its way to the far reaches of the continent, exploring remote and almost untouched places inhabited by penguins, whales and the occasional seal. ... more |
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