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Trees floating towards the Arctic Ocean

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Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2

Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year – but it could come at a cost to the Arctic ecosystem

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Calving at the front of the Hisinger Glacier in Greenland

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Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2

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A polar bear grizzly bear hybrid , Ursus maritimus, t

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What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

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Icebergs in the Arctic

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Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

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Tara Polar Station

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How Tara Polar Station will push the limits of Arctic research

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2HCNTB2 Arctic sea with Arctic remnant ice through the Fram Strait near Svalbard

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Mining the Arctic's precious resources is a fool's errand

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Will climate change lead to an industrial boom in the Arctic?

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A floating laboratory will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter

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Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet

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Drones and sensors could help predict ocean current shutdown

A massive research project will investigate the role of icebergs in driving melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a process that could trigger a catastrophic collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

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Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the Arctic

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Floating wood could help us refreeze the Arctic seas

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Greenland has gained over 1600 km of new coastline as glaciers retreat

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Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet

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