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Women on #ARCTIC research mission told not to wear tight fitting clothing

September 28, 2020: A reporter embedded with the year-long Arctic MOSAiC mission said women were told wearing tight or revealing clothing was a “safety issue” with men spending months at sea.

Brilliant pink auroras are dazzling the #ARCTIC Circle amid an ongoing #SOLAR storm

September 28, 2020: The ordinarily ephemeral show lasted for hours as a powerful geomagnetic storm transformed bursts of energy from the sun into a palette of pastels.

See teens dramatic strike in the #ARCTIC

September 25, 2020: 18-year-old Mya-Rose Craig sailed north of the Arctic Circle to conduct a school strike and raise awareness of Arctic ice loss. She was part of a Greenpeace mission to the region.

October to begin with widespread #ARCTIC outbreak across the Midwest

September 24, 2020: AccuWeather forecasters say a massive shift in the weather pattern is on the way for North America next week. Summerlike heat is expected to build over the western United States as a surge of Arctic air is projected to plunge into the eastern half of the nation. Both high and low temperature records could be...

Warmer air, soil temperatures are driving greening in the #ARCTIC

September 23, 2020: New data suggests rising air and soil temperatures are accelerating plant growth across tundra ecosystems, causing much of the Arctic to green.

October to begin with widespread #ARCTIC outbreak in East, searing heat in West

September 23, 2020: AccuWeather forecasters say a massive shift in the weather pattern is on the way for North America next week. Summerlike heat is expected to build over the western United States as a surge of Arctic air is projected to plunge into the eastern half of the nation. Both high and low temperature records could be...

October to begin with widespread #ARCTIC outbreak across the East

September 23, 2020: AccuWeather forecasters say a massive shift in the weather pattern is on the way for North America next week. Summerlike heat is expected to build over the western United States as a surge of Arctic air is projected to plunge into the eastern half of the nation. Both high and low temperature records could be...

#ARCTIC Sea Ice Reaches a Low, Just Missing Record

September 22, 2020: Only 2012 had less sea ice coverage, scientists say, as climate change takes its toll in the region.

Russia touts nuclear-powered icebreaker as proof the #ARCTIC is ours

September 22, 2020: The 570-foot-long Arktika is designed to smash Putin's Russia a path of sovereignty through ice 9 feet deep in the sensitive northern region.

Russia says worlds largest nuclear icebreaker embarking on #ARCTIC voyage

September 22, 2020: A nuclear-powered icebreaker that Russia says is the world's largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a two-week journey to the Arctic as part of Moscow's efforts to tap the region's commercial potential.

#ARCTIC sea ice slides to second-lowest level on record, thanks to Siberian heat waves

September 22, 2020: Climate change is transforming the Arctic into an entirely unfamiliar region, scientists say.

#ARCTIC race heats up as Russia launches flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker

September 22, 2020: Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Arktika, launched on its maiden voyage out of St. Petersburg Tuesday on a two-week journey to the northern port of Murmansk.

#ARCTIC ice drops below a grim benchmark

September 21, 2020: Atop Earth, ice is vanishing. The National Snow and Ice Data Center announced Monday that Arctic sea ice, which has historically blanketed the expansive Arctic ocean, fell to its lowest extent for the year. Called the Arctic

‘A #CLIMATE Emergency Unfolding Before Our Eyes.’ #ARCTIC Sea Ice Has Shrunk to Almost Historic Levels

September 21, 2020: Arctic sea ice coverage contracted to a minimum of 3.74 million square kilometers, the second lowest in 42 years of records

Rising temperatures shrink #ARCTIC sea ice to second-lowest level on record

September 21, 2020: Sea ice minimum has fallen below 4m sq km for the second time in 40 years as the climate crisis rapidly transforms the regionRising temperatures in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists have announced, in yet another sign of how the clima...

#ARCTIC sea ice shrinks to second-smallest amount on record

September 21, 2020: The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean is now the second smallest since record-keeping began in 1979, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said on Monday.Ice coverage likely measured about 1.44 million square miles on Sept. 15, second only...

Another Giant Crater Appears on Siberias #ARCTIC Tundra

September 18, 2020: Latest depression formed as a result of permafrost thaw after the region saw record temperatures and wildfires.

The World’s Glaciers Continue To Melt As Massive Chunk Of #ARCTIC Ice Cap Breaks Off

September 17, 2020: Headlines like this are going to become increasingly commonplace as global warming takes its toll on ice cover all across the world.

Perfectly preserved prehistoric cave bear discovered on Russian #ARCTIC island

September 16, 2020: The perfectly preserved remains of a prehistoric cave bear have been discovered by reindeer herders on a remote island in the Russian Arctic.

Section of largest remaining #ARCTIC ice shelf shatters

September 15, 2020: The

Bear from Ice Age found completely preserved in Russian #ARCTIC

September 15, 2020: The ancient bear, unearthed by reindeer herders, has been hailed as a find of great

Large chunk of ice breaks off #ARCTIC ice shelf in Greenland

September 15, 2020: A 42-mile stretch of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf, has broken off and shattered near Greenland. Recent record temperatures have hit the shelf particularly hard. CBS News' Ian Lee takes a look.

Perfectly Preserved Cave Bear Mummy Unearthed On #ARCTIC Island

September 14, 2020: A cave bear mummy was perfectly preserved in the frozen ground for at least 39,000 years until climate change led to its discovery.

The #ARCTIC Is Shifting to a New #CLIMATE Because of Global Warming

September 14, 2020: Open water and rain, rather than ice and snow, are becoming typical of the region, a new study has found.

Remains of ice age cave bear found preserved in Russian #ARCTIC

September 14, 2020: Scientists estimate carcass is up to 39,500 years old and hail find as ‘groundbreaking’ Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an ice Age cave bear, researchers announced on Monday.The bear, revealed by the melting permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakho...
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