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  Giant Antarctic rift fuelling ice loss

  26 July 2012 | Antarctica

  Researchers from the UK have discovered a mile deep rift in Antarctica that is speeding melting in the region.

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  Scientists better understand climate of the past and its relationship to carbon dioxide

  24 July 2012 | Antarctica, Carbon management

  Climate change from a historical context was more closely linked to carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to research by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen

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  Huge ice island breaks off Greenland glacier

  18 July 2012 | North America, Antarctica

  A giant iceberg has been formed off the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. The Manhattan size piece of ice is 46 square miles across and is about half the size of the berg formed in 2010 from the same glacier.

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  Antarctic ice sheets show more cause for concern

  30 March 2012 | Antarctica

  A study assessing the 40 years of satellite imagery collected from the critical portion of the West Antarctic is showing signs of stress.

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  Arctic ozone hole a cause for concern

  03 October 2011 | Asia, Europe, North America, Antarctica

  For the first time, a hole similar to that seen over Antarctica for decades has emerged over the Arctic for the first time.The unusually cold weather at altitude is said to have caused the damage, where 80% of ozone was lost at 20km above the ground. During cold spells, chlorine chemicals in the atmosphere are more active.

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  Oceans are storing heat to hide global warming, whilst sea levels are rising faster than expected

  19 September 2011 | Europe, North America, Antarctica

  It is a grim week for news on climate change, as two new studies show things may be worse than first thought. A study by the National Centre for Atmospheric Research has revealed that missing energy caused by rising greenhouse gasses could be being stored in the deep ocean.

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  Giant Crabs invade Antarctica

  07 September 2011 | Antarctica, Biodiversity

  Global warming is affecting the Polar Regions disproportionately faster than elsewhere and as a result foreign species are severely altering the biodiversity of the region.

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  Greenland Glacier breaks up on grand scale.

  05 September 2011 | Europe, Antarctica

  The Petermann glacier in Greenland was 186 miles (300km) long and 3,280ft (1000m) high and in the space of two years it has broken up almost completely.

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  Dust in the Southern Ocean has influenced climate over millions of years

  02 September 2011 | Antarctica

  Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) have shown a close relation between contributions of dust to the southern ocean and intense periods of climate change during the Pleistocene.

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  Woody fuels would fuel global energy this century, says survey

  19 August 2011 | Energy, Africa, Asia, Oceania

  A survey from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact says a balance between increased biomass use, forest protection and advances in crop yields, is essential to reduce global carbon emissions.

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