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New Method For Writing And Preserving Messages On Ice Discovered: Research
Scientists from China, Korea, and the Czech Republic have discovered a new method for writing and preserving messages: making patterns of air bubbles trapped in ice sheets.
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Extreme Arctic Warming Sees North Pole Temperatures Rise Above Freezing
A sharp rise in Arctic temperatures saw the North Pole exceed freezing, with readings 20 degree Celsius above normal. Scientists warn of accelerating ice loss and climate change impacts. The event, attributed to a weather system near Iceland, has raised concerns about Arctic amplification, which causes the region to warm nearly four times faster th...
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Polar vortex 2025: Heavy Snow Possible Next Week In US, Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expected
The United States is bracing for a dramatic winter shift as Arctic air sweeps across the eastern two-thirds of the country. Temperatures are expected to drop dangerously low, with New York City potentially facing heavy snow next week.
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"Nothing Quite...": Jailed Putin Critic Jokes On Freezing Prison Conditions
Russia's most prominent jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, heaped ironic praise on Tuesday on the polar conditions at the prison north of the Arctic Circle where he was moved to shortly before Christmas.
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Siberia Freezes In Temperatures Below -58 Degrees Celsius
Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit).
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"Too Cold For...": US Braces For "Once In A Generation" Deep Freeze
A powerfularcticblastswept into the U.S. Northeast on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire's Mount Washington, where the wind chill dropped to 105 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
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6 Dead In Icy Texas Pileup As Frigid Weather Blankets Much Of US
Winter weather battered the United States from coast to coast on Thursday as a series of storms expected to last for days mixed with an Arctic air mass to bring snow and freezing rain as far south as Texas, where six people died in a multi-vehicle pileup.
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17 Fishermen Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes In Arctic Russia
Seventeen fishermen were missing and feared dead on Monday after a Russian trawler capsized during a storm and sank in the freezing waters of the Barents Sea.
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"Largest Polar Expedition In History" To Probe Arctic Climate
A team of scientists from 19 countries will set off for the Arctic on Friday, aiming to freeze their ship into the polar ice for a year to research the changing climate.
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Britain Braces For Coldest Winter In 30 Years, Say Scientists
The UK could be bracing for one of the coldest winters in 30 years, scientists have warned.
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Shattering Arctic Blast Keeps The US Midwest In A Deep Freeze
Millions of people across the Midwest are enduring a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle as temperatures in some areas dropped below minus-50 degrees Thursday. The second day of frightful cold, bottoming out to record lows, was blamed for several deaths across the region, and fears grew for the most vulnerable populations.
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6 Dead As Deep Freeze Grips US Midwest, Emergency In 2 States: Officials
Millions across the Midwest experienced a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle on Wednesday as temperatures dropped to nearly 50 degrees below zero
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Dangerous Deep Freeze Hits US Midwest, Low Of Minus 60 Degrees Forecast
Polar vortex: Nearly 90 million people are likely to experience temperatures at or below zero in the Midwest and New England, according to the National Weather Service; 25 million of them will face temperatures below minus-20 - dips that when combined with wind can cause frostbite in a matter of minutes.
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In The Deepest Arctic, Sled Dogs, Polar Bears, Famed Seed Vault Face Melting Snow, Ice
Unseasonal winter rain had seeped along the floor of the ice cave, freezing the last incline. That had made slipping to the bottom easy enough, but finding a way out was now a problem. Ten miles outside the northernmost town on the planet, six travelers were trapped at the back of an ice cave.
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NASA Baffled By Mysterious Ice Circles In The Arctic
Somewhere in the Arctic sea ice, where the temperatures are typically below freezing on even the balmiest days, there is a random pattern of holes, and NASA - the literal rocket scientists who took us to the moon and want to take us to Mars - can't figure out what they are.
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New Method For Writing And Preserving Messages On Ice Discovered: Research
Scientists from China, Korea, and the Czech Republic have discovered a new method for writing and preserving messages: making patterns of air bubbles trapped in ice sheets.
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Extreme Arctic Warming Sees North Pole Temperatures Rise Above Freezing
A sharp rise in Arctic temperatures saw the North Pole exceed freezing, with readings 20 degree Celsius above normal. Scientists warn of accelerating ice loss and climate change impacts. The event, attributed to a weather system near Iceland, has raised concerns about Arctic amplification, which causes the region to warm nearly four times faster th...
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Polar vortex 2025: Heavy Snow Possible Next Week In US, Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expected
The United States is bracing for a dramatic winter shift as Arctic air sweeps across the eastern two-thirds of the country. Temperatures are expected to drop dangerously low, with New York City potentially facing heavy snow next week.
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"Nothing Quite...": Jailed Putin Critic Jokes On Freezing Prison Conditions
Russia's most prominent jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, heaped ironic praise on Tuesday on the polar conditions at the prison north of the Arctic Circle where he was moved to shortly before Christmas.
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Siberia Freezes In Temperatures Below -58 Degrees Celsius
Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit).
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"Too Cold For...": US Braces For "Once In A Generation" Deep Freeze
A powerfularcticblastswept into the U.S. Northeast on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire's Mount Washington, where the wind chill dropped to 105 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
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6 Dead In Icy Texas Pileup As Frigid Weather Blankets Much Of US
Winter weather battered the United States from coast to coast on Thursday as a series of storms expected to last for days mixed with an Arctic air mass to bring snow and freezing rain as far south as Texas, where six people died in a multi-vehicle pileup.
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17 Fishermen Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes In Arctic Russia
Seventeen fishermen were missing and feared dead on Monday after a Russian trawler capsized during a storm and sank in the freezing waters of the Barents Sea.
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"Largest Polar Expedition In History" To Probe Arctic Climate
A team of scientists from 19 countries will set off for the Arctic on Friday, aiming to freeze their ship into the polar ice for a year to research the changing climate.
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Britain Braces For Coldest Winter In 30 Years, Say Scientists
The UK could be bracing for one of the coldest winters in 30 years, scientists have warned.
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Shattering Arctic Blast Keeps The US Midwest In A Deep Freeze
Millions of people across the Midwest are enduring a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle as temperatures in some areas dropped below minus-50 degrees Thursday. The second day of frightful cold, bottoming out to record lows, was blamed for several deaths across the region, and fears grew for the most vulnerable populations.
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6 Dead As Deep Freeze Grips US Midwest, Emergency In 2 States: Officials
Millions across the Midwest experienced a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle on Wednesday as temperatures dropped to nearly 50 degrees below zero
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Dangerous Deep Freeze Hits US Midwest, Low Of Minus 60 Degrees Forecast
Polar vortex: Nearly 90 million people are likely to experience temperatures at or below zero in the Midwest and New England, according to the National Weather Service; 25 million of them will face temperatures below minus-20 - dips that when combined with wind can cause frostbite in a matter of minutes.
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In The Deepest Arctic, Sled Dogs, Polar Bears, Famed Seed Vault Face Melting Snow, Ice
Unseasonal winter rain had seeped along the floor of the ice cave, freezing the last incline. That had made slipping to the bottom easy enough, but finding a way out was now a problem. Ten miles outside the northernmost town on the planet, six travelers were trapped at the back of an ice cave.
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NASA Baffled By Mysterious Ice Circles In The Arctic
Somewhere in the Arctic sea ice, where the temperatures are typically below freezing on even the balmiest days, there is a random pattern of holes, and NASA - the literal rocket scientists who took us to the moon and want to take us to Mars - can't figure out what they are.
