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Arctic foxes living on a small island in the Bering Sea are being harmed due to the marine animals they eat being contaminated with mercury.
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Philip Goodeve-Docker was on an Arctic expedition, and he and two friends got into trouble when they were trekking across Greenland ice sheet.
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Ancient, mummified camel bones were dug up from the tundra, and it is confirmed that animals developed in subfreezing forests that is now Canada's High Arctic.
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A brutal winter storm is expected to hit the US once again. Except this time, it is coming onto the west coast. After hitting California, the blizzard is expected to bring snow to the Southwest before making its way to the Midwest.
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After 2012's unprecedented melting of Greenland's Ice Sheet, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) last week launched a new website dedicated to providing up to date satellite data and scientific analysis of what is happening in Greenland.
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Thawing of permafrost is expected to cause significant additional global warming, not yet accounted for in climate predictions, warn scientists attached to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in a report released this week..
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Doha -
A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says that an area of Arctic sea ice larger that the area of the US melted this year. According to the UN weather agency, the effects of global climate change are playing "before our eyes."
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New data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSDIC) reveal that Arctic ice is continuing to melt at an alarming rate. Summer ice in the Arctic may all but disappear over the next few decades, much earlier than scientists had previously predicted.
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London -
Activists from Climate Justice Collective built an icy pyramid at Shell's London headquarters on Tuesday, in protest over Arctic oil drilling.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made his annual week-long visit to the northern part of the country. During his tour, the Conservative leader talked about boosting the nation's military presence in the Arctic and increasing investment.
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Greenpeace shutting down a service station in the UK in protest against Arctic oil drilling.
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