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A marine biologist measures the temperature of an ice core.
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Measuring Ice Core Temperatures

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

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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

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Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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The Arctic and The Antarctic

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice: A New Low?

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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Polar bears are threatened by a lack of sea ice.
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Climate Change at the Poles

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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Up Close and Personal With the Fastest Glacier in the World

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

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