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Watch 30 Years of Arctic ice shrinkage in chilling NASA timelapse
A new animation from NASA shows the movement of Arctic sea ice, the large mass of frozen water on the Arctic Ocean, in a stunning time-lapse spanning three decades.
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The Canadian Military Is Investigating a Mysterious Noise In the Arctic
In the tiny Arctic hamlet of Igloolik, Nunavut, hunters say a mysterious sound, seemingly coming from the bottom of the sea, is driving wildlife away. According to the CBC, locals have different theories about its source, and have attributed this “ping” or “hum” to a mining company that has operated nearby, or even to sabotage by Greenpeace. Both entities denied having anything to do with the phenomenon that hunters allege has made an area once teeming with wildlife a bit more barren over the course of the summer.
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A Mysterious 'Ping' Is Coming from Deep in the Arctic
A mysterious noise emanating from the sea floor in one of Canada’s northern territories has been puzzling locals and officials, who have yet to identify its source. The sound has been heard throughout Fury and Hecla strait, a channel of water in the Nunavut region, and has proven to be a mystery for the local community. The remote area is located in the northernmost territory of Canada, where some residents rely on hunting for their food supplies.
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The giant flaw in Canadian maps you never noticed: Mapmakers keep pretending we own the North Pole
It’s a mistake seen in the maps issued by Elections Canada, the National Research Council and the Canadian Armed Forces. It’s even in the official Atlas of Canada and on hundreds of relief maps hung up in schoolrooms across the country. For nearly 100 years, the government of Canada has been printing official maps incorrectly pretending that it owns a U.K.-sized chunk of international waters. “There’s no such thing as having a border hundreds of miles from your territorial lands,” says Heather Exner-Pirot, managing editor of the peer-reviewed Arctic Yearbook.
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The Arctic is experiencing such extreme climate change it could end up above freezing
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists have said. Ketil Isaksen of the Norwegian Meterological Institute said that the average temperature in Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Svalbard, is expected to be around 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) with a little over a month left of the year. "This is a little bit shocking," Isaksen said. "If you had asked me five or 10 years ago, I could not have imagined such numbers in 2016."
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Arctic Is Warming At ‘Astonishing’ Rates, Researchers Say
Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. By Christopher Joyce.
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Molten iron river discovered speeding beneath Russia and Canada
The magma stream should help geophysicists predict more accurately if and when the magnetic field of the planet’s core will flip, and the magnetic north and south poles trade places, which happens every few thousand years. By Andy Coghlan.
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Anthrax in the Arctic
Why wolves are the least of a reindeer’s worries this Christmas. By India Bourke.
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Polar Bear Cubs at High Risk from Toxic Industrial Chemicals, Despite Bans
Levels in young animals elevated to 1,000 times the acceptable amount in people. By Deirdre Lockwood.
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Global Sea Ice at Record Low: What Happens When All the Ice Melts?
The Arctic continues to be short on ice, compared to average, in this final month of meteorological winter.
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Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portends huge carbon release
Huge slabs of Arctic permafrost in northwest Canada are slumping and disintegrating, sending large amounts of carbon-rich mud and silt into streams and rivers. A new study that analyzed nearly a half-million square miles in northwest Canada found that this permafrost decay is affecting 52,000 square miles of that vast stretch of earth—an expanse the size of Alabama.
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7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic
Scientists have discovered as many as 7,000 gas-filled 'bubbles' expected to explode in Actic regions of Siberia after an exercise involving field expeditions and satellite surveillance, TASS reported. A number of large craters - seen on our images here - have appeared on the landscape in northern Siberia in recent years and they are being carefully studied by scientists who believe they were formed when pingos exploded.
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How the Discovery of Two Lost Ships Solved an Arctic Mystery
The Franklin expedition and all its crew disappeared in 1848. By Simon Worrall.
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The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone
On current trends, the Arctic will be ice-free in summer by 2040.
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Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise
Report prompts warnings that the polar region is 'unravelling'. By Jeff Tollefson.
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Science for Refreezing the Arctic Ice Cap
Millions of wind turbines proposed to power Arctic ice-making
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The Disastrous North Pole Balloon Mission of 1897
Three men vanished in 1897. But 33 years later, Arctic explorers found their undeveloped film.
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Large Canadian Arctic climate change study cancelled due to climate change
The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first leg of the 2017 Expedition due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice, caused by climate change.
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'Big bang' and 'pillar of fire' as latest of two new craters forms this week in the Arctic
Scientists have located two fresh craters formed on Yamal peninsula this year, with the latest exploding on 28 June with the eruption picked up by new seismic sensors specifically designed to monitor such events, The Siberian Times can disclose.
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Trump Green Lights Arctic Drilling Project in Polar Bear Habitat
"Nobody needs Arctic oil. Most of the world understands that, but Trump and Hilcorp just don't get it. The Arctic has largely been off limits to dangerous oil drilling, and it has to stay that way."
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