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High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds
Derek Oyen/Unsplash Steven Chown, Monash University Our planet continues to warm because of greenhouse gas emissions from human…
Cave reveals 75,000-year-old Arctic world in Norway
A 75,000-year-old animal community discovered in a Norwegian cave reveals how ancient Arctic species responded to and ultimately failed to survive dramatic climate shifts.
Accepting uncertainty in sustainable fisheries is essential in a rapidly changing Arctic
Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Memorial University of Newfoundland Climate change is making it almost impossible to decide how much, where…
New Study Reveals Alarming Levels of Plastic Pollution in Polar Regions
At a Glance The once pristine polar regions of the Arctic and Antarctica are now facing the pervasive…
Sandia Researchers Uncover Alarming Arctic Climate Crisis
At a Glance The Arctic, known as Earth’s icy crown, is facing an unprecedented climate crisis, with temperatures…
Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming
YanaBu, Shutterstock Katrin Meissner, UNSW Sydney; Deepashree Dutta, University of Cambridge, and Martin Jucker, UNSW Sydney Our planet…
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it
Arwyn Edwards, Aberystwyth University The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average,…
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
Rain and warm air make it harder for sea ice to grow. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via…
Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world – new research
New research estimates that the Arctic may be warming four times faster than the rest of the world.…
Less snow, more rain in store for the Arctic, study finds
Rain falls in Sarek National Park, in Sweden. (Shutterstock) Michelle McCrystall, University of Manitoba The Arctic is often…