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Climate change is putting countless marine animals under pressure but jellyfish could actually benefit from warming ocean waters. A study by researchers at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) looked at eight different species of Arctic jellyfish. They exposed them to rising water temperatures, sea ice retreat and other changing environmental conditions through computer models. Scientists found that by the second half of the century, seven of the eight species could expand their habitat polewards under these conditions. Simulations showed that the lion’s mane jellyfish - one of the biggest...
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The last remaining privately owned land on the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway, "with significant environmental, scientific and economic importance" is on sale, for €300 million. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire land on one of the world-famous Svalbard islands," said Will Matthews, Head of Farms & Estates at Knight Frank to Euronews Business. Global real estate consultancy Knight Frank, which is marketing the Company holding 100% of the land, said that it is a "unique environmental, philanthropic and conservation opportunity." The land has a strategic location and is of geop...
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By Max DELANY Badderen (Norvège) (AFP) - Atte Ohman, jeune soldat finlandais se prépare à débarquer sur une plage de l'arctique norvégien balayée par la neige, dans le cadre d'un exercice militaire de l'Otan destiné à entraîner ses troupes aux rigueurs du grand Nord. "Il y a un dicton qui dit: si tu veux la paix, prépare la guerre", explique à l'AFP le jeune caporal de 19 ans, en serrant son fusil mitrailleur. "C'est exactement ce que nous faisons". Cette opération en Arctique fait partie de l'exercice militaire Steadfast de l'Otan, le plus important lancé par l'Alliance depuis la fin de la gu...
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A research team has calculated that the Arctic could soon be ice-free during the month of September for the first time since records began, and it could happen as soon as this year. Sometime between 2035 and 2067, the Arctic could be consistently free of ice in September, according to the study published in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The researchers, led by Alexandra Jahn from the University of Colorado in Boulder in the United States, explain that individual events with high ice loss, such as unusual warmth over several weeks, could lead to an ice-free Septembe...
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A research team has calculated that the Arctic could soon be ice-free during the month of September for the first time since records began, and it could happen as soon as this year. Sometime between 2035 and 2067, the Arctic could be consistently free of ice in September, according to the study published in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The researchers, led by Alexandra Jahn from the University of Colorado in Boulder in the United States, explain that individual events with high ice loss, such as unusual warmth over several weeks, could lead to an ice-free Septembe...
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The Arctic could experience its first ice-free day in the next couple of years, scientists predict. A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US finds this critical brink could be passed more than 10 years earlier than previously expected. It’s not quite as drastic as it sounds. For scientists, an ice-free Arctic doesn’t mean there would be zero ice in the water. The polar region will be considered free of ice when the ocean has less than one million square kilometres of ice. But that’s a huge depletion from where it stood just decades ago. The threshold represents less than 2...
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By The Conversation Paul Hunter , University of East Anglia Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of thousands of years. The youngest virus to be revived was a sprightly 27,000 years old. And the oldest – a Pandoravirus – was around 48,500 years old. This is the oldest virus ever to have been revived. As the world continues to warm, the thawing permafrost is releasing organic matter that has been frozen for millennia, including bacteria and viruses – some that can still reproduce. This latest work was by ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's administration released a new Arctic strategy on Friday as the strategically and environmentally important region suffers worsening effects from climate change and sees increased international competition. Global warming is melting Arctic ice, opening previously closed areas to navigation and creating new opportunities for countries such as the United States, Russia and China to vie for resources and influence. The situation is further complicated by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia -- a major Arctic power -- which has increased tensions between Mos...
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Washington (AFP) - Rapid warming of the Arctic is likely a key driver of extreme winter weather in the United States, according to a new study that addresses a longstanding apparent contradiction in climate science and could explain events like February's cold snap in Texas. The paper, published in the journal Science, used observational data and modeling to establish a link between planetary warming linked to human activity and a phenomenon called the stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) disruption. The stratospheric polar vortex is a band of westerly winds encircling the Arctic that under normal...
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Washington (AFP) - Dinosaur species large and small made the Arctic their year-round home and probably developed wintering strategies like hibernation or growing insulating feathers, according to a new study. The paper, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, is the result of more than a decade's worth of painstaking fossil excavations, and puts to rest the notion that the ancient reptiles lived only in hotter climes. "A couple of these new sites we found in the last few years turned up something unexpected, and that is they're producing baby bones and teeth," lead author Patrick Dr...
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