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New environmental disaster in the Arctic
New environmental disaster in the Arctic
A large amount of fuel has been dumped into nature, near the Russian industrial region of Norilsk, in the Arctic. It is the second incident of its kind in two months. About 44.5 tonnes of waste from a pipeline ended up in the environment, said Norilsk Transgas, a subsidiary of
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Antarctic lost sea ice twice the size of Spain in five years, researchers say
Antarctic lost sea ice twice the size of Spain in five years, researchers say
Part of the Antarctic has lost more than one million square kilometres of sea ice over the past five years, new research shows. An international research team found that a series of severe storms in the Antarctic summer of 2016-2017 caused a reduction in a third of the sea ice
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Mysterious Climate Change: Antarctic Cold Reversal
Mysterious Climate Change: Antarctic Cold Reversal
Ice core research in Antarctica sheds new light on the role of sea ice for the carbon balance. New research findings underline the crucial role that sea ice throughout the Southern Ocean played for atmospheric CO2 in times of rapid climate change in the past. An international team of scientists
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Searing Arctic: Unprecedented Heat Wave Sweeps North Pole; Temperatures Breach All-Time High
Searing Arctic: Unprecedented Heat Wave Sweeps North Pole; Temperatures Breach All-Time High
Verkhoyansk—a Siberian small town located in the Arctic Circle breached the highest temperature record on June 20, 2020. The temperature reached over 38°C (100° F)—a whopping 18°C more than normal mercury levels for this season. The town used to be known for its extremely low temperatures, which drops to the
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Why Alaska and the Arctic are Critical to the National Security of the United States
Why Alaska and the Arctic are Critical to the National Security of the United States
By Col. Michael J. Forsyth, U.S. Army Over the past five years, Russia has moved aggressively to build its Arctic military capabilities, apparently in an effort to secure its claims and interests in the region.1 Increasingly, human activity is occurring in the Arctic as the sea ice recedes and economic opportunity
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Paratroopers jump at 10,000 meters over Russian Arctic base
Paratroopers jump at 10,000 meters over Russian Arctic base
Nobody has jumped from such heights so far north. “First time in world history,” said Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, about the special exercise at the Franz Josef Land. The paratroopers, who jumped from an Il-76 aircraft, tested new equipment developed for extreme Arctic conditions, like
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