Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
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Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve
Arctic wildlife is changing in ways that scientists like us don't yet fully understand. Better protection for these species is urgently needed. Establishing a new North Pole marine reserve where ...
Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South
A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of ...
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Extreme Research Shows How Arctic Ice Is Dwindling
when polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen and the Fram were locked in pack ice for nearly three years during a vain attempt to drift across the North Pole. But the Arctic is a different ocean now.
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How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.
How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...
Datacenter Dynamics10d
GlobalConnect joins Polar Connect North Pole subsea cable consortium
which is looking to build a subsea Internet cable through the North Pole to link Europe and Asia. Polar Connect intends to lay a 10,000 km cable, which will travel under 2000 km of thick Arctic ice ...
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Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
Red is magnetic north to the east of geographic north; blue is to the west. - BGS/UKRI/Wessel, P./W. H. F. Smith At the top ...
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Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve
At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive. While biodiversity loss in the Arctic Ocean may seem ...