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Much of Greenland's ice could melt even if world doesn't get warmer

Even if the planet doesn't get any warmer than it is now, melting ice in Greenland could add at least 1.5 metres to the global average sea level and possibly as much as 5 metres

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Melting Arctic glaciers expose new sources of planet-warming methane

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Ozone layer treaty pushed back ice-free Arctic summers up to 15 years

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Talvikangas in Finland

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Dozens of ‘frost quakes’ hit a Finnish town in just 7 hours

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Polar ice sheets may retreat much faster than previously thought

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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

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See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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TOPSHOT - Icebergs float in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, western Greenland, on June 28, 2022. - The icebergs originate from Jakobshavn glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq), the most productive glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. The massive icebergs that detach from the glacier float for years in the waters in front of the fjord before being carried south by ocean currents. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Arctic and Antarctic saw record warmth and ice melt in 2022

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A Frozen Planet II team set up to film inside a mountain glacier in Iceland

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Frozen Planet II review: David Attenborough's sequel dazzles

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Liparis gibbus (white light) A juvenile Liparis gibbus imaged under white light ? J. Sparks, D. Gruber

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Glowing Arctic snailfish is packed with antifreeze proteins

Greenland’s variegated snailfish produces antifreeze proteins that stop large ice crystal formation, keeping the animal’s blood like a slushie, instead of frozen solid

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Arctic and Antarctic see extreme heat and historically low sea ice

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Arctic may switch from snow to rain-dominated as early as 2060

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Atlantic Ocean water began warming the Arctic as early as 1907

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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