Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to heatwave
It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how
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What Arctic ice can tell us about plagues, climate and conflict in the Middle Ages
New research is revealing how plagues, wars and the climate affected the economy of Medieval Europe. But researchers didn’t find
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Evidence of powerful solar storm which occurred 2,600 years ago found in Greenland ice
Scientists have found evidence of a major solar storm that hit Earth more than 2,600 years ago — a finding
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Ice conditions in northwestern Canada unusual this year, snowmobile association says
Yukon’s Klondike Snowmobile Association is urging people to be cautious and well-prepared when they head into the backcountry, saying ice
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Glacier melt in Arctic Canada exposes plants frozen under ice for 40,000 years
Melting ice caps are exposing plants on Baffin Island, Nunavut that have been frozen for more than 40,000 years, according
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Theoretical physicist helping scientists understand how glaciers flow
While glaciers have been retreating or melting since the early 20th century, little is understood about how exactly large ice
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Dramatic changes to Yukon glaciers a warning for the planet, researchers say
Gwenn Flowers, a glaciologist, trudges back and forth across a vast glacier in southwest Yukon, pulling a radar device mounted
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Blog – When the ice melts, what will happen to Arctic tourism?
Glimmering aurora have returned to light up northern night skies, meaning that summer is drawing to a close. With these
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Family that fell through ice rescued by passersby in Canadian Arctic
It was a terrifyingly close call for a family with a three-month-old baby last weekend, when they plunged through the
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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers
Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern
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Blog – Climate change will destroy us… so what can we do about it?
Climate change exacerbates the weather phenomena around the world in different ways. We get plenty of snow, somewhere else there
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Endangered Finnish seal population slowly recovering
A survey of endangered Saimaa seal nests in eastern Finland has turned up 78 pups born this year. Census-takers also
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Teen researchers tell Putin Russia’s ice sheet is quickly melting
In a presentation for the Russian President, two young students describe how new islands are appearing along the coast of
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On thin ice, North Pole camp folds after only 12 days
The ice became too thin and the cracks too many. This year’s Barneo North Pole base existed only 12 days.
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Ice-Blog: Greenland on the horizon
When I first visited Greenland back in 2009, it was not a place that made the news very often. This
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