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Five Coldest Countries in the World

1. Greenland To start things off, we have the island with the lowest temperature in the world. Despite its misleading name, Greenland’s bitter cold temperatures evoke anything but visions of sunny pastures and verdant valleys. Eighty percent of the world’s largest island is blanketed in a 4-kilometer thick ice sheet. …
bubmag
September 5, 2023
Greenland

First AUV deployed from new polar ship | Mirage News

British Antarctic Survey An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was deployed from the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) for the first time last week. The Gavia Offshore Surveyor, named Freya, was deployed from the ship's workboat Erebus as part of the latest phase of trials. The AUV is being tested to…
bubmag
August 22, 2023
Greenland

New study warns against risks of ‘time-traveling pathogens’

CNN  —  As the climate warms, scientists have suggested that “time-traveling pathogens” unleashed by thawing Arctic permafrost may pose a risk to modern ecosystems. Permafrost is a hard layer of frozen ground made of soil, sand and rocks in high-latitude or high-altitude areas such as Greenland, Alaska, Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and northern…
bubmag
August 19, 2023