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With Arctic permafrost thawing, Pentagon frets over deadly pathogens
In one troubling case, dozens of people were sickened − and thousands of reindeer were killed − when anthrax spores emerged from the thawing permafrost in an Arctic region of Siberia.
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How climate change is threatening a key tool for Alaska Natives
Threatened by stronger storms and a melting permafrost, Indigenous Alaskans are grappling with how to keep the power running to their freezers, which store their traditional subsistence foods.
Editorial: Climate change is melting Greenland and Antarctica's ice. Time to act
Over the course of this century, countless millions of people will have to reckon with rising seas. There are few easy answers, but humanity must prepare now.
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These bioluminescent Arctic fish contain loads of ‘antifreeze’ — more than any other polar species
Scientists at CUNY and the American Museum of Natural History warn that as they learn more about the incredible evolutionary traits of these iceberg-dwelling fish, time is not on their side.
A summer of Arctic melting hits Norway's Svalbard Archipelago
Elevated temperatures in the Arctic, which caused massive melting of the Greenland ice sheet during a three-day period in July, also have touched off rapid glacial melting in Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago.
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A changing Arctic could bring 'potential conflict,' Biden says
As climate change causes unprecedented environmental upheaval in the Arctic, it also opens the region to potential conflict, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.
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Oceans aren’t just warming—their soundscapes are transforming
Humans are polluting the seas with sound, while warming waters change how noise propagates. What does that mean for whales and other animals?
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