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The world's largest ice island wanders over the ocean
After separating from Greenland, huge ice blocks drifted over the Arctic Ocean, threatening the safety of ships and oil rigs.
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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.
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Arctic is heating up: profit ... harm ...
The climate is heating up badly but it is also beneficial. Arctic temperature rise causes flooding in many areas, engulfing many coastal areas ...
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Melting glaciers make the food crisis
The melting of glaciers around the world will give rise to new food crises.
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Adding a volcano in Iceland can erupt
The economic and health damage caused by Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland may be just the first sign of a worse event.
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Volcanoes will spray more because of climate change
Global warming can increase the number of dangerous geological events such as volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides.
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Broken ice caused 'tsunami' in Peru
The waves as high as 23 m attacked a city in Peru after a giant block of ice fell into the lake.
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Mother of the polar bear floating in the sea
The Daily Mail UK has just released pictures of a pair of polar bear mothers stuck on an iceberg and floated in the middle of the sea 12 miles away.
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Equatorial Earth has been covered by glaciers
A recent study found that the Earth equator with wet characteristics was covered by an ice layer about 700 million years ago.
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China will exploit burning ice
The land of Qinghai Province and the Tibetan Plateau buried a large amount of burnt ice, which can fuel China for 90 years.
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Add a giant iceberg from Antarctica
A giant iceberg about the size of Luxembourg (Western Europe) that broke off from the eastern South Pole earlier this week may threaten marine life, scientists warn the…
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North American mink is at risk of extinction due to melting ice
The North American weasel is in danger of extinction because the habitat is snow and ice increasingly shrinking under the impact of climate change.
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Revealing information about the mountain range
International scientists have published the first data on the mysterious giant mountain range deep beneath the ice at the southernmost tip of the earth.
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Ice melted faster than expected throughout the Earth
On December 23, scientists around the world warned that ice is melting faster than expected throughout the Earth.
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Giant icebergs move towards Australia
An ice block of hundreds of square kilometers is drifting towards the land of kangaroos.