One ambitious Silicon Valley project wants to help restore Arctic ice - and by doing so, stabilise global temperatures - by covering the region with tiny glass beads.
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Food security in the Arctic isn't simple. Access to sufficient variety and nourishment relies as heavily on the weather as anywhere else in the world.
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Contrary to previous assumptions about the jet stream, arctic weather and extreme cold weather events throughout the globe; a new study shows that warming arctic temperatures may bring about a marked decrease in extreme cold weather.
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In the last 30 years, we’ve lost as much as three-quarters of the floating ice cap at the top of the world. The volume of that sea ice measured by satellites in the summer, when it reaches its smallest, has shrunk so fast that scientists say it’s now in a ‘death spiral’. For over 800,000 years, ice has been a permanent feature of the Arctic ocean.
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The Arctic animals are a constant presence in the soda company’s advertising. So the CEO of Coca-Cola took a trip to the Arctic to see what we can do to save them.
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Braving sub-zero temperatures, she has thrown caution — and her clothes — to the wind to tame two beluga whales in a unique and controversial experiment.
Natalia Avseenko, 36, was persuaded to strip naked as marine experts believe belugas do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits.
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Submarine explorers planting Russian flags under the North Pole. Military tension between NATO and Russia. US diplomats manoeuvring in the wings. Aircraft carriers lurking and strike fighters changing hands.
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Greenland is a land apart – where many people welcome global warming, dislike Greenpeace, and hope the arrival of Big Oil will transform their lives. But at what price to this pristine wilderness?
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