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Mystery of underwater hill formation solved

Soils are breathing faster

The list of potential carbon emitters keeps growing

Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes

This June was the fifth-warmest on record 

The first half of 2021 was the eighth warmest on record

Upper oceans hottest in 2020 despite lower emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns

Heat content was 20 zetta joules higher than in 2019

Why is Greenland ice sheet melting faster this September? Experts weigh in

Typically the ice sheet loses ice in the summer and gains mass in the months after

Science & Technology - Bytes

Polar vortex: did warming bring the chill to US?

Extreme events like this may become frequent, say experts

Sea’s toxic touch

Methylation in oceans turns harmless mercury harmful

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May 2021 was the sixth-warmest May on record, says NOAA

2021 could be among the top 10 hottest years on record, says report

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In court

Oil companies imperil polar bear habitat

Study sheds new light on lineage of Arctic people

Analysis based on DNA samples collected from ancient human remains

Troubling picture of Antarctica ice shelves: Study finds 40% volume lost in 25 years

Half of them shrinking with no sign of recovery, about 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater released into oceans

Arctic ice makes way for oil trade

Melting Arctic ice will establish South Korea as Asia oil hub by 2020

Ozone holes

India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council

Oh! zone

Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change

Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada 

The Arctic carbon sink

Snow covered plants in the tundra start absorbing carbon dioxide in early spring itself

Science & Technology - Briefs

Arctic birds threatened