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Arctic summer sea ice melts to second lowest level ever recorded

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Arctic summer sea ice melts to second lowest level ever recorded

The melt follows last year’s record low of winter ice that set stage for the summer low. Long term consequences for ecosystems could be dire

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Wadhams 1

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Near death on a nuclear sub didn't stop my work on Arctic ice

Features

White gull against backdrop of sea and ice

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White gulls dependent on ice are disappearing from the Arctic

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White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

Life

White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

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caribou carcass

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See the Alaskan village that voted to flee climate change

Regulars

First Americans must have arrived by sea, not via Alaska

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First Americans must have arrived by sea, not via Alaska

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Plastic bag floating in the ocean

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UK’s plastic rubbish ends up in fragile Arctic ecosystems

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seed bank

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Face to face in the Arctic with a terrifying new sublime

Culture

An iceberg near an oil rig

Technology

Sonar to listen for moving icebergs near Arctic oil platforms

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A red knot, which is brown, on the shoreline, with a white clam in its bill

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Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa

Red knots are one of many animals shrinking in the face of climate change. This downsizing affects their feeding ability and means fewer survive

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Life

An Earth made verdant by greenhouse gases brings its own dangers

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Life

New Arctic life on barren seabed thrives on methane jets

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Record early ice melt in Greenland due to freak warm weather

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Boaty McBoatface: where Monty Python meets serious science

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