UNB scientist checks in from first all-Canadian Antarctic mission
A group of 15 researchers have been gathering data for the last two weeks as part of the first all-Canadian Antarctic mission ...
Using satellite data to monitor and navigate icy waters
With sea traffic set to rise in a warming Arctic, researchers are helping sailors plot a safer course through sea ice and ...
The Last Front of the Cold War
You think the Cold War is over? Think again. Russian and American forces are still challenging each other in the Arctic by Jon Bowermaster At 12:4 ...
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The Arctic Seafloor Is Full of Life — And We’re About to Destroy It
The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and ...
Less mapped than the Moon: Quest to reveal the seabed
It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...
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70% Of Our Planet Is Ocean, But We’ve Mapped Only 6% Of Its Floor. A New Project Aims To Map The Entire Ocean By 2030.
With just a few clicks of a mousepad you can journey from your home to Uluru in Australia, the Colosseum in Rome, New York’s ...
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What’s driving the changing face of Arctic geopolitics?
The Arctic Circle — and the sovereignty of its biggest island, Greenland — is back in the international geopolitical spotlight. "We need Greenland for national security and even international security ...
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Healthy seagrass, healthy planet
from the tropics to the Arctic circle. They form extensive underwater meadows, creating complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats. Covering only 0.1% of the ocean floor ...
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SAFAtor Project to Monitor Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Climate Change
The SAFAtor project will transform telecommunications cables into sensors, enhancing ocean monitoring and understanding of ...
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Melting Arctic glaciers are a source of methane emissions: What a new study says
A team of scientists have discovered that Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. In their analysis, the scientists found that glacial ...
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Atlantification ushering in new era of sea ice loss in the Siberian Arctic
The eastern part of the Siberian Arctic Ocean is still strongly stratified, but the atlantification-driven shoaling of warm, salty, and nutrient-rich intermediate waters already has important ...
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Scientists track new predator as it moves into Arctic waters — here's why this could be catastrophic for the rest of the world
Killer whales, also known as orcas, have officially made the Arctic Ocean their home — something that was nearly impossible until now. Historically, thick ice sheets blocked the whales from venturing ...