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Greenland’s Melting Ice Is Boosting Ocean Life in a Way Scientists Didn’t Expect
Asianet Newsable
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August 20, 2025
Melting glaciers in Greenland are releasing freshwater into the ocean, stirring up deep-sea nutrients. This phenomenon could have significant impacts on the marine food chain and even climate change. Learn more about this fascinating research....
Explained: Who are Kairat, the Champions League team who play closer to Tokyo than Paris?
The New York Times
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August 28, 2025
Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Kairat — sorry, who? Yes, Kairat — a club from Almaty, Kazakhstan, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time and have qualified for the league phase after beating Celtic in the...
Summer’s end is the perfect time for sumptuous exhibits in Rockland, Portland
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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August 28, 2025
It’s Labor Day weekend. How did that happen? Summer this year was fleeting, and so are the shows highlighted today. You have just days to catch most of them, but they’re all worth seeing before they are, as summer soon will be, in the past. And...
Scientists are shocked: an eruption in a subglacial lake in Greenland changes the perception we had of melting ice
MARCA
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August 22, 2025
Scientific explorations have been evolving over the last few years and, thanks to technology, have increased the accuracy of certain aspects. Greenland has long been the focus of attention of all experts because of the evolution of melting and how...
A taste of cool, fall-like weather is coming. Here's what you need to know
Daily Herald - Illinois
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August 22, 2025
Fall colors near the DuPage County Forest Preserve headquarters in Wheaton on Naperville Road. Paul Valade/Daily Herald, Oct. 23, 2024 Millions of people across the northern United States will soon get a taste of fall as an air mass from northern...
Proposed EU budget misses the mark on raw materials
Science|Business
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August 28, 2025
The new European Commission proposal for the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028–2034 is an ambitious €2 trillion roadmap to boost competitiveness, accelerate digital transformation and reinforce Europe’s defence capabilities. At...
Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer Ship Review
NOMADasaurus
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August 28, 2025
The Greg Mortimer holds a special place in the world of expedition cruising. When it launched in 2019 it wasn’t just another polar ship — it was the first passenger vessel built with the groundbreaking Ulstein X-BOW®. That single innovation...
The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change
The Nation
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August 21, 2025
Environment / August 21, 2025 Tony Bartelme’s new book shows how great storytelling can wake people up. Ad Policy Two men row a boat on a flooded street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on October 4, 2015. (Mladen Antonov / AFP via Getty...
Greenland’s Glacial Runoff Is Powering Explosions of Ocean Life
ScienceDaily
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As Greenland's ice retreats, it's fueling tiny ocean organisms. To test why, scientists turned to a computer model out of JPL and MIT that's been called a laboratory in itself. Runoff from Greenland's ice sheet is kicking nutrients up from the...
Trump Administration Invests In US Rare Earths In a Push to Break China’s Grip
Arkansas Business
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August 27, 2025
The White House (Shutterstock) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. production of crucial components in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets is set to expand rapidly in the coming years, as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to build up...
European Lithium flags more high grade rare earths and gallium in Greenland
Stockhead
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August 21, 2025
The project is one of the world’s largest hard rock rare earth elements deposits. Pic: Getty Images EUR reports up to 0.55% TREE and 27% HREO from Tanbreez project Drilling part of planned upgrade to current 23.6Mt resource More assays pending...
Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead to "catastrophic consequences," experts warn
CBS News
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Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations," scientists warned Wednesday. More broadly, a state-of-knowledge review...
Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment
Nature
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Lenton, T. M. et al. The Global Tipping Points Report 2023 (Univ. of Exeter, 2023). This report assesses Earth system and social tipping points, aiming to inform decision-makers and the public about the risks and opportunities associated with the...
Breaking News: Denmark moves to militarize Greenland countering Chinese and Russian Arctic ambitions
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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This strategic recalibration reflects the Kingdom of Denmark’s increasing recognition of the Arctic’s evolving security environment and a parallel political trend toward expanding Greenlandic involvement in defense matters. The unit, expected to...
Fibre Optics Detect The Invisible Waves That Melt Greenland's Ice Sheet
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland. This has been measured for the first time by an international research team using fibre-optic technology, which...
The melting ice paradox: How Greenlandâs glaciers are FEEDING LIFE, not causing doom
Natural News
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August 19, 2025
The melting ice paradox: How Greenland’s glaciers are FEEDING LIFE, not causing doom For years, we’ve been told that melting ice caps are an apocalyptic event, an inevitable surrender to climate catastrophe. But what if the story isn’t so simple?...
Hokkien, environment in focus at Taiwan human rights film festival
Focus Taiwan
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August 20, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) This year's Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival will center on the themes of human rights, environmental rights and Hokkien (commonly known as Taiwanese), according to the Ministry of Culture (MOC). Hosted by the...
Fibre optics detect the invisible waves that melt Greenland’s ice sheet
Swissinfo
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August 20, 2025
View of the fjord and front of the Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat glacier in southern Greenland. Andreas Vieli, University of Zurich Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US)...
Melting on the Arctic’s Svalbard Islands Shows the Climate Future Is Now
Inside Climate News
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August 19, 2025
A new study released this week presents the record ice melt on the Svalbard islands in summer 2024 as a glimpse into a future where other Arctic ice masses, including those on Greenland, could melt faster than currently anticipated. The amount of...
NASA supercomputers reveal disturbing possibility tied to Greenland's most active glacier: 'Our approach is applicable to any region'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 20, 2025
With the help of NASA's advanced supercomputers, a team of researchers took a closer look at the relationship between Greenland's rapid glacier melt and carbon cycling in nearby coastal waters. What's happening? In a recent study, published in the...