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A polar bear on a rock

Life

Field notes: Polluted polar bears await the great Arctic land grab

As global warming melts the Arctic, all eyes are turning to the riches under the ice. But will polar bears survive the pollutants trickling into the food chain?

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A diver shines a torch on some ice from underneath

Environment

A warm-water time bomb could spell disaster for Arctic sea ice

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Warming Arctic could be behind heatwave sweeping northern hemisphere

Environment

Warming Arctic could be behind heatwave sweeping northern hemisphere

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An entire Arctic ecosystem could vanish within the next decade

Earth

An entire Arctic ecosystem could vanish within the next decade

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Baffin Bay

Earth

Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

Regulars

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Melting ice

Earth

Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe

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Record low Arctic ice linked to freak weather in US, Europe

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Record low Arctic ice linked to freak weather in US, Europe

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icebreaker

Earth

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

Features

Arctic hit by record high temperatures as rest of Europe shivers

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Arctic hit by record high temperatures as rest of Europe shivers

The extreme warmth is likely to slow or prevent the formation of Arctic sea ice, which has been shrinking for decades due to climate change.

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Earth

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

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Life

Polar bear attacks on people set to rise as climate changes

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Earth

Water enters the Doomsday vault which is now under repair

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Earth

Narwhals could help us measure melting glaciers underwater

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