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A third of the Arctic is now a greenhouse gas emitter, Mass. study finds
A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...
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Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve
Arctic wildlife is changing in ways that scientists like us don't yet fully understand. Better protection for these species is urgently needed. Establishing a new North Pole marine reserve where ...
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests, and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of ...
Gruelling Arctic conditions couldn’t stop her: One explorer’s relentless race to save what’s left before it’s gone
Before It’s Gone Arctic Research Expedition founder Felicity Aston and her team gather critical polar data before the sea ice ...
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Powerful polar vortex in the stratosphere brings frigid temperatures to US
The polar vortex is a gigantic circular upper-air weather pattern in the Arctic that envelops the North Pole. It's a normal ...
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The polar vortex: What to know about the weather feature responsible for the arctic blast
This vortex consists of powerful westerly winds in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles about the North Pole, according to ... warm air floods north into the Arctic and cooler air fills the ...