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Southern Ocean Waters Are Getting Warmer and Saltier, Study Warns
Sada Elbalad
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July 2, 2025
Wed 02 Jul 2025 | 09:08 AM Researchers have discovered another unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean. Surface water salinity is rising, and sea ice is in steep decline. The latest discovery came as Antarctica is deeply suffering from the...
Who is Valar Atomics?
Utah Investigative Journalism Project
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July 8, 2025
Transmission lines lead away from the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in...
He’s searching for a human-made problem in areas largely untouched by humans. Answers are just emerging
CNN
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July 1, 2025
CNN — Crouched low in one of the coldest, remotest places on Earth, polar explorer Alan Chambers searched for an invisible threat. Traveling with fellow former Royal Marine Dave Thomas, he had spent two long months skiing 715 miles (1,151...
A Mysterious Blob of Cold Water Defies Ocean Heat – Now We Know Why
ScienceAlert
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June 29, 2025
Over the last decade, Earth's oceans have been warming at unprecedented rates, yet one mysterious blob of water, just south of Greenland, has defied this trend. It has stubbornly remained colder than its surrounding waters for over a century now....
Graham Workman: The Arctic
Wigan Today
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July 6, 2025
I headed north a couple of weeks ago on an expedition to photograph the wildlife of the High Arctic Just got home after a couple of weeks in the High Arctic on an expedition photographing the special wildlife that lives in this frozen land where...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS — July 8
Alpena News Online - Michigan
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Courtesy Photo Julie Gandulla stands behind the counter of her new store, Rewildings, at 526 W. Chisholm St., Alpena. Her grand opening is Friday and Saturday. ~ Art in the Loft’s “SummerView” exhibit is on display now through Sept. 6 at 109 N....
Flying solo
Recruiter
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When people ask Rachel Filby (right, with her dog) what it takes to be a solo recruiter, she always gives the same answer: “You have to genuinely love doing the job if you’re going to do it on your own – speaking to candidates and clients, going...
When Will a Vital System of Currents in the Atlantic Ocean Collapse? Depends on Whom You Ask.
The Good Men Project - California
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July 5, 2025
By Rebecca Egan McCarthy, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Just below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up, the Cold Blob remains a...
The new geopolitics of minerals
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 8, 2025
The recently concluded U.S.-Ukraine strategic minerals pact aims to counter China’s dominance, but challenges arise from contested territories and potential EU conflicts. The United States and Ukraine have struck a deal to exploit Ukraine’s rich...
These Are the World’s Best Cruise Ships
AFAR
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July 3, 2025
As a longtime cruise writer, I’ve sailed on more than 170 ships over nearly four decades. Cruise ships have changed so much since I first started sailing. They are more technologically advanced and more environmentally friendly. They sail faster...
China's Rare Earth Dominance Faces Growing Challenge as Alternative Supply Chains Emerge
Autocar Professional
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July 8, 2025
China's control over the global rare earth elements market is facing increased pressure as countries work to establish alternative supply chains and reduce their strategic dependence on a single supplier. China currently holds 49% of the world's...
‘Green growth,’ militarism merged
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles, are now the prize in a geopolitical arms race. The trade agreement between Washington...
Antarctica’s Ocean Flip: Satellites Catch Sudden Salt Surge Melting Ice from Below
ScienceDaily
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Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline. Since 2015, Antarctica has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland -- the largest environmental...
ATLAS OCEAN VOYAGES ANNOUNCES NEW CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION ABOARD WORLD VOYAGER
Breaking Travel News
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July 5, 2025
Atlas Ocean Voyages launches a brand-new polar expedition for 2026: the Canadian Arctic Discovery 17-night expedition aboard World Voyager, sailing September 21 from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to St. John’s, Newfoundland. This once-in-a-lifetime...
Poor conditions force closure of popular trail
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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Workers check a barracade on a section of trail in Ongonagon County that has been closed =due to poor conditions. (Courtesy photo) Signage clearly states the status of the trail. (Courtesy photo) ONTONAGON — Due to exceedingly poor trail...
Frozen Light Switches: How Arctic Microbes Could Revolutionize Neuroscience
ScienceDaily
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Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in Finland. As cold and beautiful these are, for the structural biologist Kirill Kovalev, they are more...
Rosenthal landscape art exhibit opens July 8 at Cordova Museum
The Cordova Times - Alaska
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July 4, 2025
A new exhibit of Cordova artist David Rosenthal’s oil landscape canvases is coming to the Copper River Gallery of The Cordova Museum July 8 -Aug. 2, featuring the renowned painter’s work on “Painting Light at the Ends of the Earth.” An artist’s...
Inuit podcast takes us inside the Arctic meltdown
Canada's National Observer
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July 4, 2025
Siila Watt-Cloutier remembers gliding by dog sled across the frozen Arctic as a child — past landscapes that are now vanishing before her eyes. Through her new podcast, the Inuk leader and climate advocate is spotlighting Indigenous perspectives...
As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military influence in a rapidly shifting region.
The Parliament Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Arctic geopolitics is on thin ice. As global temperatures rise and ice melts, Russia is seeking both economic growth and military power projection in the Arctic region, turning the climate crisis to its advantage. EU data from January found the...
The water around Antarctica is getting saltier – and that is of global concern
The Straits Times
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July 1, 2025
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland. That ice hasn’t returned, marking the largest...