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How the Greenland shark can live for centuries
1 week, 3 days ago

How the Greenland shark can live for centuries

CNN  

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. After mapping and studying their extraordinary genomes, scientists think the sharks’ unusually long lifespans are rooted in their unique genetic makeup — with insights that could be used to extend human lifespans. Now, scientists studying the remains have confirmed the “really stocky, powerful-looking little animal” is …

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Why is Canada scrambling to counter Russia, China in the Arctic?
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Why is Canada scrambling to counter Russia, China in the Arctic?

Al Jazeera  

Canada has unveiled a new Arctic strategy to counter what it describes as threats from geopolitical rivals. Canada is stepping up its Arctic strategy amid growing geopolitical tensions and the region’s transformation due to climate change. Canada’s new Arctic strategy highlights recent increased Russian activity along the edges of North American airspace. Canada’s Arctic strategy includes several key initiatives it …

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How the mournful songs of icebergs reverberate around the world
2 weeks, 4 days ago

How the mournful songs of icebergs reverberate around the world

BBC  

How the mournful songs of icebergs reverberate around the world Getty Images Antarctica’s biggest icebergs act like giant tuning forks when they collide with each other and the sea floor Icebergs produce some of the loudest natural noises in the oceans. Meanwhile, in the Arctic Ocean, icebergs create a different, but almost as deafening, noise as they calve off Greenland's …

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Touchdown in Nuuk: Greenland’s first international airport is open for global travellers
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Touchdown in Nuuk: Greenland’s first international airport is open for global travellers

Hindustan Times  

Greenland is opening a new international airport in the capital Nuuk as it expects to double the number of tourists arriving by air over the next year. Airlines race to Greenland: New Nuuk airport promises an Arctic tourism revolution {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Book Overseas Travel Insurance at Affordable Prices The 2.2-kilometer runway was approved late Wednesday after a series …

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Greenland by cruise: Get face to face with glaciers and explore the icy island
1 month, 1 week ago

Greenland by cruise: Get face to face with glaciers and explore the icy island

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Norwegian line HX offers adventure expedition cruises around the world’s largest island So if icebergs are …

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A famous climate graphic is running out of red
1 month, 1 week ago

A famous climate graphic is running out of red

BBC  

A famous climate graphic is running out of red Northwest Passage Ocean Science Expedition/ Ramon Gonclaves These coloured stripes that chart annual global average temperatures since 1850 Scientists added a new shade to a graphical representation of global temperature change to keep up with our warming world. Northwest Passage Ocean Science Expedition Keith Tuffley wanted a visual message for the …

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Last Chance to Witness Greenland's Beauty Before It Vanishes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Last Chance to Witness Greenland's Beauty Before It Vanishes

Hindustan Times  

Greenland, an icy land whose rugged landscapes are bewitching, wants to attract more tourists, a paradox for a territory that is particularly vulnerable to global warming and whose geographical isolation means that many people have to take planes to get there. Despite global warming, the island offers breathtaking views and a unique chance to witness nature's majesty before it changes.

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Horrifying images show polar bears with painful ULCERS on their feet in the Arctic - and scientists say climate change is to blame
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Horrifying images show polar bears with painful ULCERS on their feet in the Arctic - and scientists say climate change is to blame

Daily Mail  

Polar bears are getting horrific injuries on their feet – and it's all due to climate change, a new study warns. While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations primarily affecting the feet of adult bears as well as other parts of the body Pictured, three adult polar bears …

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The best Northern Lights cruises
4 months, 1 week ago

The best Northern Lights cruises

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Departing 30 August 2024 Best for: Sustainable sailing Norway Round Voyage, Havila Voyages open image in gallery Havila ships use …

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How to cool off with bears and ‘bergs on Arctic holidays this summer
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How to cool off with bears and ‘bergs on Arctic holidays this summer

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A hat trick of Arctic escapes open image in gallery Greenland’s Ittoqqortoormiit is one of the world’s most remote communities …

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Antarctica, Earth’s largest refrigerator, is defrosting
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Antarctica, Earth’s largest refrigerator, is defrosting

The Economist  

Science & technology | Out of sight, out of mind Antarctica, Earth’s largest refrigerator, is defrosting The world must pay more attention to its southern pole Your browser does not support this video. Antarctic ice-sheet mass change, 2002-23 -6 -4 -2 0 2 Tonnes per square metre 60°S SOUTHERN OCEAN 500 km Larsen A and B ice shelves, collapsed in …

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Clearing another hurdle at the Arctic Winter Games
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Clearing another hurdle at the Arctic Winter Games

BBC  

Clearing another hurdle at the Arctic Winter Games Photo courtesy of Kyle Ḵaayák'w Worl The "knuckle hop" is based on a traditional method for hunting In the face of climate change, Indigenous communities are uniting in Alaska to compete in centuries-old sports and keep traditions alive during "the Olympics of the North". - Watch: Livestream the Games for free - …

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The Arctic Ocean could be ‘ice-free’ within the decade, researchers warn
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Arctic Ocean could be ‘ice-free’ within the decade, researchers warn

LA Times  

The loss of Arctic sea ice has long been a graphic measure of human-caused climate change, with wrenching images of suffering polar bears illustrating a worsening planetary crisis. Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought — and that the Arctic may start to see its first “ice-free” days within the …

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Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change
1 year ago

Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change

NPR  

Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Twila Moon/National Snow and Ice Data Center Twila Moon/National Snow and Ice Data Center This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, contributing to disasters across the wider region, including flooding in Juneau, Alaska and a record wildfire season in …

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Luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland is freed after three days
1 year, 3 months ago

Luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland is freed after three days

LA Times  

The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was “successfully” pulled free in Greenland on Thursday, three days after running aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship’s owner said. The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, said the cruise ship’s owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Danish Joint Arctic Command, which had been …

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Fishery vessel will try to pull free cruise ship with 206 people on board in Greenland
1 year, 3 months ago

Fishery vessel will try to pull free cruise ship with 206 people on board in Greenland

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities said Wednesday that a …

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Fishing vessel in Greenland will try to free cruise ship that ran aground with over 200 people
1 year, 3 months ago

Fishing vessel in Greenland will try to free cruise ship that ran aground with over 200 people

LA Times  

Passengers and crew were said to be doing well aboard the Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship seen Tuesday in Greenland. A fishing vessel owned by Greenland’s government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northernmost national park, authorities said. Flemming Madsen …

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The chefs reviving the Arctic's forgotten food
1 year, 10 months ago

The chefs reviving the Arctic's forgotten food

BBC  

The chefs reviving the Arctic's forgotten food Aningaaq R. Carlsen/Visit Greenland South Greenlandic food A group of revolutionary chefs in the Arctic and subarctic have joined forces to celebrate indigenous culture by developing a new kind of cuisine using traditional ingredients. Rasmus Holm Inunnguaq Hegelund is an indigenous Greenlandic chef known for cooking with traditional meats "We're all ocean people," …

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Greenland temperatures the warmest in more than 1,000 years, new data show
1 year, 11 months ago

Greenland temperatures the warmest in more than 1,000 years, new data show

ABC  

A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 shows the giant northern island is 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest it has been in more than 1,000 years, new ice core data show. What had been happening in Greenland is that natural weather variability — undulations because of an occasional weather system called Greenland blocking — …

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New ice core analysis shows Greenland rapidly warming
1 year, 11 months ago

New ice core analysis shows Greenland rapidly warming

LA Times  

A sharp increase in Greenland’s temperatures since 1995 showed the northern island 2.7 degrees hotter than its 20th century average, according to new ice core data. A sharp rise in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees higher than its 20th century average, the highest in more than 1,000 years, according to new ice core data. …

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The Arctic is getting wetter: How shifting seasons will affect the wildlife and ecosystem
2 years ago

The Arctic is getting wetter: How shifting seasons will affect the wildlife and ecosystem

Firstpost  

Arctic precipitation is increasing throughout the year, and the seasons are shifting. Ship traffic in the Arctic is also increasing, bringing new risks to fragile ecosystems, and the Greenland ice sheet is continuing to send freshwater and ice into the ocean, raising global sea level In the annual Arctic Report Card, released 13 December 2022, we brought together 144 other …

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World’s oldest DNA reveals a lush Arctic landscape in Greenland 2 million years ago
2 years ago

World’s oldest DNA reveals a lush Arctic landscape in Greenland 2 million years ago

LA Times  

Ancient DNA suggests that the Arctic was once a lush landscape of trees and vegetation, with an array of animals, including mastodons. Science & Medicine 130,000-year-old mastodon bones could rewrite story of how humans first appeared in the Americas Shattered mastodon bones from a Southern California site bear the scars of human activity from 130,700 years ago, a team of …

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December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic
2 years ago

December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic

The Hindu  

In Utqiagvik, Alaska’s northernmost community formerly known as Barrow, it hit 40 degrees Monday morning. That’s not only a record by six degrees but it’s the warmest that region has seen on record from late October to late April, according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. On Sunday, …

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December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic
2 years ago

December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic

Associated Press  

Much of the Arctic is in a burst of freak December warming. On Sunday, the Arctic as a whole averaged 11.5 degrees warmer than the 1979-2000 average temperature and on Monday, computer models showed that average to likely be 10.5 degrees warmer than normal, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. “The entire Arctic is hot except for small …

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