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Antarctic ice is melting faster than scientific forecast
A large area of ice, about 300 km2, is cracked and threatens to separate from the base of the Pine Island in Antarctica.
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Huge warm water tank is
The Arctic ice sheet is not only melting because of climate change but is also affected by a giant warm water pool formed below the icy north of Canada.
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Antarctic ice disappeared 2700 billion tons during the last 25 years
According to the study, Antarctic ice is melting at an alarming rate, with about 2,700 billion tons of ice disappearing in 25 years, from 1992 to 2017.
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Why is Antarctica melting faster than expected is good news?
The earth warms, and as a result the ice in the poles is melting. We still know that, and are looking for ways to overcome it.
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Perennial ice in the Arctic is disappearing
This further increases the likelihood of a prediction that by the middle of the century there will be no more ice sheets in the summer on the Arctic Sea.
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Recorded micro-plastic concentrations are found in the Arctic
Ice cores concentrated throughout the Arctic Sea show that the micro-plastic concentrations are two to three times higher than the levels previously recorded.
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Stunned when 1 liter of Arctic ice contains 234 pieces of trash
According to the BBC, experts say they can find rubbish everywhere in the Arctic Sea - considered a dump
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The huge Soviet tunnel that dug into the Arctic is melting
The ice tunnel built in the Arctic since the Soviet Union was melting due to climate change, according to the Daily Mail.
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What's going on with the Earth's 'refrigerator'?
This annual report also said that although the temperature of sea water in 2017 is less hot than in 2016, the intensity and speed of warming in the Arctic are 2 times fa…
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Two ice cracks threaten the Antarctic research station
This is the second consecutive winter that Halley Vi station must be closed because of the risk of being stuck between two growing cracks in the floating ice shelf 150 m…
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A close-up picture of a giant iceberg separated from Antarctica
NASA scientists have captured close-up images of a giant iceberg, separated from Antarctica last July.
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Nearly twice the broadband of Hanoi is about to drift away from Antarctica
According to the latest information from the European Space Agency ESA, one of the largest icebergs in history is about to drift away from Antarctica.
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UAE calculated to drag the South Pole ice 9,000km away to make drinking water
The people of the UAE who are suffering from sunburn will soon be able to drink water from melting icebergs, pulling back from the Antarctic island nearly 9,000km away.
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Natural Mother is the culprit who wiped out half of the Arctic ice
Natural changes in the Pacific may be responsible for half of the ice melting in the Arctic in recent decades.
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What mystery makes the Antarctic ice sheet green?
Antarctic ice sheets suddenly appear strange blue. Is this a bad thing?