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Russian Geopolitical Strategies in the Arctic Are Complicated by Rapid Glacier Retreat on Remote Islands
On a remote High Arctic island covered by glaciers, melting ice is a key player in Russian military and political interests.
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Dancers Perform the Ice
A report on the 2021 artists in residence at the Wrangell Mountains Center in McCarthy, Alaska.
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Narrating Landscapes: How Indigenous Storytelling Can Unlock Our Environment’s Past
Blackfoot stories, handed down for hundreds of years, present a narrative portrait of our changing world at the end of the Ice Age.
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Glacial Ice Cores Reveal 15,000 Year Old Microbes
Ancient ice contains a rich microbial record going back thousands of years. Recent advances have provided tools to study their genes and evolution, but climate change threatens to erase this frozen archive.
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New United Nations Report on Climate Change Documents the Grave Condition of the World’s Glaciers
Almost all of the world’s glaciers are in retreat.
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Melting Ice and a High Altitude Dig Reveal Viking Secrets in Norway
A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship between high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one.
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CO2 Reduction Law Rejected in Swiss Referendum
The people of Switzerland narrowly rejected a law that would have curbed greenhouse gas emissions, a win for commercial industries and a blow to environmental activists.
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As the Greenland Ice Sheet Retreats, Mercury is Being Released From the Bedrock Below
Scientists have found that Greenland’s bedrock is rich with mercury in some areas — and as the ice sheet rapidly melts, that mercury is being released into local waters.
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Blue Whale Population in Chile Threatened by Fishing Industry
Through vessel strikes and noise pollution, the fishing industry in Chilean Patagonia creates challenges for local blue whale populations.
