As Ice Melts in the Arctic, Some Deep-Sea Creatures Are Thriving

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...
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USF researching Antarctic sea squirt that could be tool in fight against melanoma

TAMPA, Fla. — A team of researchers from the University of South Florida went to great distances - and depths - to learn more about a molecule that could become a tool in the fight against skin cancer ...

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies ...
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'Ugliest shark on the planet' filmed alive in deep sea for first time

The goblin shark, known for its protruding snout and extendable jaws, has been filmed alive in its natural habitat for the first time, with researchers from the University of Hawai'i capturing two ...
The Conversation

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy

Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Arctic climate change – manifesting in sea ice loss, ...
USA Today

Watch Blue Angels and Thunderbirds soar over the White House lawn

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY Sports' live coverage of theUFC Freedom 250 at the White House here. A joint flyover by the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds roared over the White ...
Phys.org

Why Arctic sea ice loss could reshape the Gulf Stream's future

The warm Gulf Stream is maintained by coldness. The Barents Sea is a cooling machine. To predict how ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean may develop, one needs to know what drives them. The hunt for ...
Yahoo! Sports

Watch Blue Angels and Thunderbirds soar over the White House lawn

A joint flyover by the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds roared over the White House on Sunday night as Zac Brown sang the closing bars of the national anthem to open UFC Freedom 250 ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. But there is a bright spot. Five years ago, the United States, Russia and China joined six other ...
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This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Assistant Parking Director Bryan Lutz said the first phase of the project is 95% ...