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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...
A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ...
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A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
Living in an ice sheet was not as harsh ... The Untold Story of America’s Secret Arctic Military Base Under the Greenland Ice,” authored by Danish historians of science Kristian H.
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With climate change, cryosphere melt scales up as a threat to planetary health
Earth’s frozen places — ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost — are melting: a clear sign of climate change and a planet ...
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The Arctic’s Vanishing Ice
Melting at Record Rates The Arctic is melting at a pace that has alarmed scientists and environmentalists worldwide. This ...
World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says
Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass ...
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Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing ...
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New Map Shows What Antarctica Looks Like Naked Under Its Massive Ice Sheet
Antarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, ...
Greenland sees tourism boost following Trump’s attention and new airport
The country’s vast ice sheet, glaciers, deep fjords and abundance of marine life, including whales, are the key attractions, ...
The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
Initially, military planners recognized threats to their own ability to protect the nation. Over time, the U.S. military would come to see climate change as both a threat in itself and a threat ...
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New Antarctica map may help better predict ice flow and climate impacts
A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to ...