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An image from a drone of Majuro island
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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
a large iceberg
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National Ice Center Monitors the Arctic and Antarctic

The National Ice Center’s work is focused on ensuring safe and efficient...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:57
a ship in an icy landscape
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Arctic Exploration

New technology is making it possible for scientists to go where they’ve never...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:45
a school of fish over coral
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Coral Forests of the Deep Ocean

Corals are not only found in shallow tropical waters, but in cold, dark, deep areas...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:27
Screenshot from"Climate Change Effects on Glaciers and Ice Sheets" with an Arctic glacier.
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Climate Change Effects on Glaciers and Ice Sheets

How will changes in temperature affect glaciers and ice sheets? Dr. Sarah Das from...
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 10:11
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...
April 2018
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...
April 2018
A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.
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Under Arctic Ice

Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:48
A summertime channel carries melted ice to the sea. Antarctica and Greenland lose around 350 billion tons of ice each year from such melting.
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Ice Melt at the Poles

It’s confirmed: both Antarctica and Greenland are losing ice—around 350 billion...
'Blue Marble' satellite image of the Earth
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...
A marine biologist measures the temperature of an ice core.
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Measuring Ice Core Temperatures

Marine biologist Mette Kaufman measures the temperature of a recently-drilled ice...
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Ice Melt in Iceland

On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late...

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