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New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

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Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be significant. This is especially true for the world's Arctic region, where newly ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

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You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...