Svalbard-research becomes more important for China, professor says
China’s Polar Research Institute agrees to prepare joint Arctic scientific projects with Russian partners. This became clear during a recent
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Antarctica
Satellite spots four new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica
Satellite imagery has identified four new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, bringing the total number known to 66. “These newly
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British research ship crosses paths with world’s largest iceberg
Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled
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World to hit 1.4°C of warming in record hot 2023
With a month to run, 2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels,
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Blog: Don’t be fooled – we can and we must limit temperature rise to 1.5°C
“It’s too late to stop Antarctic ice melt.” But “the Greenland ice sheet might be more resistant to warming than
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Antarctic 2023 sea ice maximum hits record low since satellite data began
Maximum Antarctic sea ice extent hit a likely all-time low on September 10, setting a historic record since satellite data
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Ice-Blog: Climate ambition is not enough to tackle the ice emergency
It’s been a big week for climate, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets around the globe as UN
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Record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice sparked emperor penguin breeding collapse:study
The record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice in the central and eastern Bellingshausen Sea sparked the first recorded incident of wide-spread
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Study warns of increasing extreme events in Antarctica
The frequency and intensity of extreme events like ice loss and ocean heatwaves in Antarctica are expected to become more
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Hottest week on record ‘worrying news for planet’ says WMO
Last week was the hottest on record according to preliminary data, says the World Meteorological Organization. The measurements, along with
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Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles
Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles It features a bow that reminds of Russia’s new giant Leader-class super-icebreakers.
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Long-term changes to wind and sea ice influencing Antarctic waters
Wind and sea-ice changes in Antarctica are having a profound influence on south pole waters, something that could have implications
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Antarctic changes could become tipping points with global implications, says report
Global warming is inciting dramatic changes in Antarctica, with potential for “irreversible and self-sustaining changes” to the continent’s ice sheet,
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Coordinated action urgently needed to face rapid polar changes, says WMO
The World Meteorological Organization will put cryosphere changes amongst its top priorities give climate change’s rapid effects on the region,
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Glacier melt from unchecked emissions could affect Finland’s sea levels post 2100
Under the worst case scenario, glacier and ice sheet melt could cause Helsinki’s sea levels to rise by more than
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