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Arctic to be ice-free in summer in 20 years: scientist

Arctic to be ice-free in summer in 20 years: scientist

Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife such as seals and polar bears, a leading British polar scientist said on Thursday.

 

Moonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankind

For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both — in the name of science. The aim of Friday's deliberate crash of two unmanned NASA spacecraft into ...

 

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

Tiny bacterium comes back to live after long, long time buried underneath Greenland ice.

 

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