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Record low Arctic ice linked to freak weather in US, Europe

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Record low Arctic ice linked to freak weather in US, Europe

The unusually cold and snowy conditions hitting the US now, and experienced last week across Europe, may be a direct consequence of the Arctic's warmer winter

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icebreaker

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A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

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Arctic hit by record high temperatures as rest of Europe shivers

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Arctic hit by record high temperatures as rest of Europe shivers

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Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

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Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

Space

Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

Space

We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

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Snarling polar bear at window

Life

Polar bear attacks on people set to rise as climate changes

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Water enters the Doomsday vault which is now under repair

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Narwhal

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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

The habitat overlap of polar bears and their main prey, ringed seals, is disappearing and the bears are instead getting closer to nesting birds

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Earth

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

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

Features

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Weather and climate extremes continue to set new records

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Humans

Walking to the ends of the Earth to beat bullying

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