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NATO to open new air command in Norway's far north Oslo (AFP) May 20, 2025  Norway announced Tuesday it had designated the small town of Bodo, north of the Arctic Circle, to permanently host a NATO air operations control centre. ... more |
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Biodiversity boom in Antarctic soils driven by microbial cooperation Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2025  In a surprising twist to assumptions about life in Earth's harshest environments, scientists have discovered a rich and diverse community of microbes thriving in Antarctic glacier forefields, sugges ... more |
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Krypton-81 Dating Achieved for Antarctic Ice by USTC Researchers Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2025  Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have successfully applied a novel dating technique, known as All-Optical Atom Trap Trace Analysis, to 1-kilogram Antarctic ice ... more |
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Mountain Glaciers Face Centuries-Long Recovery Even if Warming Reversed London, UK (SPX) May 20, 2025  New research indicates that glaciers around the world will require centuries to recover, even if global temperatures are eventually reduced to pre-industrial levels. The study, led by scientists fro ... more |
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Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants Norway (AFP) May 19, 2025 With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. ... more |
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The Antarctic Subglacial Water Puzzle - Insights into Ice Melt Dynamics Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 14, 2025 An international team of researchers from New Zealand's Antarctic Science Platform undertook a significant expedition to the Ross Ice Shelf in West Antarctica in late 2021. Their mission aimed to ex ... more |
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Glacier in West Antarctica Engages in Rapid Ice Piracy London UK (SPX) May 12, 2025  A glacier in West Antarctica has been observed engaging in "ice piracy," siphoning ice from a neighboring glacier in a dramatic and previously undocumented process. This phenomenon, identified by Un ... more |
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Nepal holds tribute for disappearing glacier Kathmandu (AFP) May 12, 2025  Dozens trekked to Nepal's Yala glacier for a ceremony Monday to mark its rapid disappearance due to climate change and put a spotlight on global glacial retreat. ... more |
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Thawing permafrost dots Siberia with rash of mounds Churapcha, Russia (AFP) April 30, 2025  In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. ... more |
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Ice cores from tropics challenge Holocene temperature models Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 30, 2025 Scientists examining ancient ice cores from tropical mountains have uncovered critical evidence that challenges long-held assumptions about global temperatures during the Holocene epoch. Their findi ... more |