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'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study findsThe Arctic's ice cover could dip below a crucial threshold as soon as 2027, and will do so inevitably in the next 20 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue, scientists warn.
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Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite imagesA student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away.
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Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to comeEarth from space A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.
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4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'Earth from space This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.
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Iconic 'Star Trek' symbol shines brightly in sea of muddy Arctic sea iceEarth from space A 2012 satellite photo captured a patch of snow-covered sea ice with an uncannily similar shape to badges pinned on the uniforms of Starfleet officers in the "Star Trek" franchise.
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Ghostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapsesEarth from space In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as "the mitten," appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the unprecedented collapse of a concealed subglacial lake.
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Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting biggerThe growing "gateway to the underworld," officially known as the Batagay megaslump, is the largest megaslump in the world and exposes permafrost layers that are 650,000 years old.
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Trio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islandsEarth from space This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the islands' barren landscape.
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Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' is growing a staggering amount each yearThe Batagay megaslump — a 3,250-foot-wide (990 meters) depression in the permafrost in the Russian Far East — is "actively growing" by a massive amount every year, scientists have found.
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