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Arctic has its warmest winter ever WASHINGTON — Winter at the top of the world wimped out this year. The Arctic just finished its warmest winter on record. And sea ice hit record lows for this...
'Doomsday' seed vault on Arctic island to get $13M upgrade OSLO – Norway plans to spend 100 million Norwegian crowns ($13 million) to upgrade a doomsday seed vault on an Arctic island built 10 years ago to protect the world’s...
Tons of toxic mercury hiding in Arctic permafrost Scientists have discovered the world’s largest amount of mercury trapped inside the Arctic’s frozen ground. At least 15 trillion tons of mercury is estimated to be lying dormant in Arctic...
California droughts could get worse from melting Arctic ice WASHINGTON – Melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years as it is likely to cause high-pressure systems...
Crashed Russian helicopter raised from Arctic seabed COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Russian helicopter was raised Saturday from the seabed where it had crashed last month off Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people on board. Norway’s Accident...
Wreckage of Russian helicopter that crashed off Arctic found OSLO – The wreckage of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter missing off Svalbard, Norway, since October 26 has been located, Norway’s rescue coordination center said on Sunday. The wreckage was found...
Russian chopper carrying 8 people crashes off Arctic islands COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Russian helicopter with eight people on board has fallen into the sea off Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago that belongs to Norway, rescue officials said Thursday. The...
Ship sets record for earliest crossing of Northwest Passage NUUK, Greenland — After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica has set a new record for the...
Huge underwater bubbles of methane are waiting to burst and unleash chaos A field of frozen domes has been spotted on the Arctic seabed – and they could be about to blow. These kinds of giant explosive bubbles might have caused craters...