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Arctic sea ice area is at a record low
Environment

Arctic sea ice area is at a record low

Antara cited sources from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), saying the Arctic sea ice area has dropped to 4.21 million km2, the lowest level since the satel…

December 16, 2018
Antarctica was once warm
Environment

Antarctica was once warm

In the warm period 52 million years ago, tropical plants were like palm trees, each covering the Antarctic coast. The sediment on the continental shelf near Antarctica h…

December 16, 2018
The Arctic was warm
Environment

The Arctic was warm

Martin Melles, a scientist at the University of Cologne in Germany, and colleagues from Russia and the United States drilled deep beneath the El 'gygytgyn glacier at Rus…

December 16, 2018
Detects shock under the Arctic ice shelf
Environment

Detects shock under the Arctic ice shelf

This finding was compared to NASA's finding the Amazon rainforest in the heart of the Mojave desert. DailyMail page reported, scientists have found an extremely interest…

December 16, 2018
The Arctic Ocean emits greenhouse gases
Environment

The Arctic Ocean emits greenhouse gases

Research by world scientists published April 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience warns that the Arctic Ocean could be a huge source of methane, a source of greenhouse ga…

December 16, 2018
Climate change warms up the
Environment

Climate change warms up the

The race to strengthen influence in the Arctic between some powers is becoming more and more intense in the context of the world still not having a common voice in the f…

December 16, 2018
The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes
Environment

The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes

Japan's terrifying earthquake, followed by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused effects on both the globe, from the surface to the atmosphere, changing the gravitational p…

December 16, 2018
The mysterious lake movement in Antarctica
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The mysterious lake movement in Antarctica

Rivers and mountains can move positions over time, but at nearly half a kilometer in speed, science has never been seen. But that's exactly what is happening with a myst…

December 16, 2018
Mystery 'underworld' on the bottom of Antarctica
Environment

Mystery 'underworld' on the bottom of Antarctica

Scientists have just completed the most detailed map of the sunken part of the white continent, which is a map of the Antarctic bottom mountain range. This startling ima…

December 16, 2018