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Top US commander in Europe says Russia’s subs are getting busier, as Trump cuts sub-hunting planes from the Pentagon budget Greenland

Top US commander in Europe says Russia’s subs are getting busier, as Trump cuts sub-hunting planes from the Pentagon budget

Russian submarine activity in the Atlantic and around Europe increased 50% between 2018 and 2019, the head of US European Command said Tuesday.That is only the latest warning from a US military commander about Russian subs, which US and NATO navies believe are getting more sophisticated and better armed.Visit Business…
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February 26, 2020
Research shows how glacier algae creates dark zone at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet Greenland

Research shows how glacier algae creates dark zone at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Black and Bloom field camp established on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet approximately 35km inland from the southwestern ice sheet margin. Note the discoloured (dark) ice in the image driven by biological communities. Large dome tents are the science and mess tent, with smaller tents the personal tents…
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February 25, 2020
Dramatic Melting of Antarctica Under Record Heat Caught by Shocking NASA Satellite Images Greenland

Dramatic Melting of Antarctica Under Record Heat Caught by Shocking NASA Satellite Images

On February 6, 2020, weather stations recorded the hottest temperature on record for Antarctica. Thermometers at the Esperanza Base on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula reached 18.3°C (64.9°F)—around the same temperature as Los Angeles that day. The warm spell caused widespread melting on nearby glaciers. The warm temperatures…
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February 23, 2020
Huge stores of Arctic sea ice likely contributed to past climate cooling Greenland

Huge stores of Arctic sea ice likely contributed to past climate cooling

In a new paper, climate scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution propose that massive amounts of melting sea ice in the Arctic drained into the North Atlantic and disrupted climate-steering currents, thus playing an important role in causing past abrupt climate change after the…
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February 20, 2020
Oil and Gas Industry Is 25 to 40% More Responsible for Global Methane Emissions than Previously Thought Greenland

Oil and Gas Industry Is 25 to 40% More Responsible for Global Methane Emissions than Previously Thought

Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. Orjan F. Ellingvag / Corbis / Getty Images The oil and gas industry may be contributing even…
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February 20, 2020
Preindustrial 14 CH 4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH 4 emissions Greenland

Preindustrial 14 CH 4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH 4 emissions

AbstractAtmospheric methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas, and its mole fraction has more than doubled since the preindustrial era1. Fossil fuel extraction and use are among the largest anthropogenic sources of CH4 emissions, but the precise magnitude of these contributions is a subject of debate2,3. Carbon-14 in CH4 (14CH4)…
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February 19, 2020