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Global sea level is increasing
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Global sea level is increasing

This data was provided by a team of University of Colorado experts at Boulder (UCB) and a spacecraft of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA). Accordingly, the global sea level…

December 16, 2018
Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people
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Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people

Millions of people threatened by fast-melting Himalayan glaciers are warnings by scientists at the UN Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Durban, South Afr…

December 16, 2018
The Arctic ice sheet dropped a record
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The Arctic ice sheet dropped a record

According to research by German scientists, the Arctic ice volume this summer has reached a record low due to the warming of the global climate.

December 16, 2018
The giant ice sheet separated from Greenland
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The giant ice sheet separated from Greenland

A large block of ice equivalent to four times the size of New York's Manhattan district has separated from a Greenland glacier and melted, shocking regional research sci…

December 16, 2018
Japanese tsunami broke the Antarctic ice
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Japanese tsunami broke the Antarctic ice

The tsunami on March 11 in Japan was so powerful that it broke many large blocks of ice in Antarctica, a few thousand kilometers from Japan.

December 16, 2018
Antarctica is rising
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Antarctica is rising

New Hampshire reports Donald Argus, a scientist from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), and colleagues using global positioning satellites data for 15 years to track Antarc…

December 16, 2018
Polar bear ice is melting
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Polar bear ice is melting

A polar bear sculpture made from melting ice to help raise people's awareness of global warming affects this endangered bear that has just been displayed in the port cit…

December 16, 2018
In 40 years the Arctic will run out of ice?
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In 40 years the Arctic will run out of ice?

Scientists warn that, with the current warming rate of the Earth, only 30-40 years later, ice will not exist in the summer, even in the center of the Arctic.

December 16, 2018
Huge ice breaking in the North Pole
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Huge ice breaking in the North Pole

US scientists say an ice sheet of four times the size of Manhattan Island (260 km2) and a height of about 180m have been separated from the Petermann glacier in northern…

December 16, 2018
Proof of global warming
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Proof of global warming

The amount of organic matter, dissolved in deep water parts in the Arctic Ocean, doubled after 12 years. This is a solid evidence that allows the Earth to warm up.

December 16, 2018