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arctic

vault

Earth

Water enters the Doomsday vault which is now under repair

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, which houses the world’s most vaulable seeds, is undergoing alterations after heavy rain and melting permafrost leaked in to its entrance tunnel

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Narwhal

Earth

Narwhals could help us measure melting glaciers underwater

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Polar bear eating eggs

Life

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

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A ship in the Arctic

Earth

Arctic oil and gas must remain off limits for good, Trump

Comment

Arctic ice

Earth

A year on thin ice: Four seasons in a radically changed Arctic

Features

Heatwaves hit harder

Earth

Weather and climate extremes continue to set new records

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Arctic

Humans

Walking to the ends of the Earth to beat bullying

Regulars

Artic landscape with sea ice

Earth

Forget snow, rain will become main precipitation in the Arctic

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The wing of a plane flying oer Antarctic ice

Earth

Antarctic sea ice is very low – but don’t jump to conclusions

Analysis

Map of northern polar regions with sea ice coverage picked out

Earth

Global sea ice is at lowest level ever recorded

The area of ocean covered by floating ice is at its lowest since the satellite era began, and probably the lowest it has been for thousands of years

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Earth

Global sea ice has reached a record low – should we be worried?

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80,000 reindeer have starved to death as Arctic sea ice retreats

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Super-cold winters in the UK and US are due to Arctic warming

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Life

How baby beluga whales dive deeper and longer than any others

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