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Arctic ice melted faster than expected
Increasing global temperatures are leading to the melting of northern European ice faster than expected, while the Groenland ice sheet is in danger of disappearing, acco…
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Ozone holes in Antarctica show signs of shrinking
On August 22, the international scientific community was optimistic that the hole in the ozone layer on Antarctica was shrinking. Director of Global Monitoring Institute…
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Formation of strange clouds on Antarctica
Meteorological expert Renae Baker captured spectacular images of sparkling clouds like nacre, also known as polar stratospheric clouds, lakes.
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How polluted is the Arctic atmosphere ???
Last week, the Awi Institute scientists (Alfred Wegener - Ocean and Ocean Research) voiced alarm because the air at the top of the mountains in Ny-Alesund was contaminat…
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Arctic: Melting ice causes the walrus to die
According to a study published in April by the Journal of Aquatic Animals, scientists in the Arctic discovered the death of newly born walruses due to warming temperatur…
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Seabirds are polluting the Arctic
The Arctic snowy ice area is probably the only place on Earth that is contaminated with agents not caused by humans but by ... sea birds, especially Arctic seagulls.
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Arctic is no longer ice in 2100?
According to a study by two international research groups published in the Journal of Science yesterday, sea level rise is much faster than previously predicted.
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Antarctic temperatures are rising fast
In Science magazine on March 31, Dr. John Turner of the British Antarctic Research Institute said that the air temperature in Antarctica has increased three times faster…
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The inevitable phenomenon of warming in the Arctic
An international study by 120 scientists from 11 countries concluded that warming in the Arctic cannot be avoided and needs to be adapted to this.
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Arctic ice will melt?
Global warming could melt most of the ice above the Arctic perennial ice before the end of the century, a prediction by a research group at the Institute of Climate Rese…
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Ice melted massively, 100 years from now, will the Arctic still have ice?
On the occasion of the International Conference on Climate in Monreal (Canada), Arctic is the most impacted area of global warming. It is predicted that within 100 yea…
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Arctic - evidence of global warming
Life is harsh on the frozen Harstad territory of the Arctic Circle where Anna Prakhova is living. However, life can be much tougher when snow no longer falls.
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How did the Antarctic ice sheet become?
According to a study by German experts, the formation and growth of the Antarctic ice sheet, more than 14 million years ago, was due to the low carbon in space and the g…
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Ozone holes in Antarctica: can not be predicted
The ozone hole in Antarctica is now the third largest hole recorded, but the weather forecasters are still not sure how it will be in the future, according to the World…
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Life in the city -55 degrees Celsius
Both the city of Norilsk, Russia, was submerged in the white of snow as the temperature dropped sharply.