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Is there anything we can do to stop Greenland from turning green?

1 May 2019

The speed and scale of Arctic melting is shocking even hardened researchers – the need to act now has never been clearer, says our chief reporter Adam Vaughan
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Field notes: Polluted polar bears await the great Arctic land grab

20 September 2018

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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