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Steller's Sea Cows Reached 30 Feet Long And Once Swam The Frigid Northern Pacific Ocean, But The Species Was Driven To Extinction By Humans Hunting For Fur
Living in a sub-Arctic environment caused the sea cows to evolve to have large horny pads for eating kelp instead of teeth. Their bones grew denser to help with buoyancy, and they had a ...
Why ice loss in the Arctic is threatening polar bear populations
After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.
Arctic cyclones could be missing link in sea ice depletion models
A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...
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World's sea ice plunges to a record LOW: Shocking maps reveal how the North and South Poles are both missing thousands of miles of ice
Breaking this figure down, Antarctic had 819,308 sq miles (2.12 million km) of sea ice, while Arctic had 5.26 million sq miles (13.64 million km). This breaks the previous five-day record low of 6 ...
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Here’s Where the Arctic’s Wildlife Will Make Its Last Stand
As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...
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The plan to refreeze Arctic ice
Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...
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World's sea-ice falls to record low
This latest sea-ice low appears to have been driven by a combination of warm air, warm seas and winds breaking apart the ice. Over the 5 days to 13 February, the combined extent of Arctic and ...
Florida sees highest manatee death toll from cold stress in 6 years
As temperatures dropped in January across much of the East and the Sunshine State, threatened manatees suffered significant ...
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The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet
“The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet,” says Heinerth. “And it’s really evident here.” Sea ice is dynamic. It expands and contracts, melts and freezes; it’s ...
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Discovering Manatees: Top 12 Travel Destinations to Meet the Gentle Sea Cow
Indians Can Live the Arctic Dream in This European Destination 99% of your adult problems will get solved if you form these 8 habits BCCI indirectly reveals Team India's captain for Champions ...
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How The U.S. Claimed Vast New Arctic Territory -- In An Unusual Way
The U.S. also claimed 176,300 square kilometers in the Bering Sea, but this claim does not cross the U.S.-Russia maritime boundary set by a 1990 treaty. Russia's claim to the Arctic seabed has ...
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Arctic cyclones could be missing link in sea ice depletion models
Steven M. Cavallo, Madeline C. Frank, Cecilia M. Bitz. Sea ice loss in association with Arctic cyclones. Communications Earth & Environment , 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02022-9 Cite This ...