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Biden Says 'Considering' More Russia Sanctions After Navalny Death

US President Joe Biden is "considering additional sanctions" on Moscow after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison, he said Monday.

International Business Times

'More unzipping of the landscape': Arctic permafrost could crumble into rivers, unleashing devastating feedback loop

Permafrost thaw could result in new rivers forming across the Arctic, potentially unleashing 35 million car journeys' worth of carbon every year.

LiveScience

NASA's twin spacecraft will go to the ends of the Earth to combat climate change

In Spring 2024, NASA will launch two tiny twin satellites as part of the PREFIRE mission that will journey to the poles to collect data that will help monitor climate change.

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Alexei Navalny’s vision of a democratic Russia terrified Vladimir Putin to the core

The Russian opposition leader, who had been serving out a sentence in an Arctic Circle prison on trumped-up charges, died on Friday from what Russian officials described as ‘sudden death syndrome’.

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Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny

Over 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported.

WEKU

Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death. His mother is searching for his body

Alexei Navalny's spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was "murdered," but it is unclear where his body is.

WEKU

Top Kremlin Critic Navalny Dies In Prison

The Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny died Friday in an Arctic prison, said Russian authorities, announcing his death a month before an election poised to extend Vladimir Putin's hold on power.

International Business Times

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Alexei Navalny: Daring Opposition Leader Who Died Behind Bars

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, leveraged social media and fatigue with the Kremlin to rise to prominence.

International Business Times

Antarctica's past — and future — melt

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet once shrank by 450 meters. Climate change is repeating history

Salon

Polar Bears Struggling To Adapt To Longer Ice-free Arctic Periods

Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willingness to expand their diets.

International Business Times

Outi Pieski review – an entrancing artist with her heart in the Arctic Circle

From a Warholian riff on traditional Sámi dress to paintings of dark forests with eyes, Pieski mines her heritage to produce work that is both joyous and bleak

The Guardian - UK

UK weather: Britain braces for Arctic blast of heavy snow and ice

Met Office issues amber weather warnings with up to 25cm of snow forecast to fall on higher areas

The Guardian - UK

‘It was the scariest wall I’ve ever seen’: Free Solo star Alex Honnold takes on the Arctic in his new Disney Plus series

TechRadar speaks to famed climber Alex Honnold about his new Disney Plus series, Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold.

TechRadar

‘Spoon worms lick the seabed with a metre-long tongue’: a voyage into a vanishing Arctic world

Sea ice around the north pole is disappearing at an alarming rate. A group of scientists went on a mission to investigate the effects of the climate crisis on the region

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“You see a lot of the most empty places in the world” – we speak to Alex Honnold about his daunting Arctic Ascent

Climbing legend Alex Honnold opens up on what it took to tackle one of the world’s tallest monoliths in his latest project

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A fine time to admire fancy wildfowl

Stromness, Orkney: The raffish mergansers are here, as are the long-tailed ducks wintering from the Arctic tundra

The Guardian - UK

First penguins die in Antarctic of deadly H5N1 bird flu strain

With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies

Evening Standard

What is the Arctic zombie virus everyone's talking about and could it spark a new pandemic?

Is this a deadly new virus about to infect humanity?

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Mystery of Siberia's giant exploding craters may finally be solved

Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.

The Guardian - UK

Race against time to unlock secrets of Erebus shipwreck and doomed Arctic expedition

Hundreds of discoveries made on Sir John Franklin’s ships, but storm damage makes wrecks increasingly dangerous

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Burn prize announces ‘blazing’ shortlist

Seven-strong shortlist of boundary-pushing books ranges from an Arctic coming-of-age novel to nonfiction about the IRA’s Brighton bombing

WEKU

Up first briefing: New Hampshire primary; Israeli military casualties in Gaza

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley face off in New Hampshire primary. Israel's military says 21 soldiers were killed on the Israel-Gaza border.

International Business Times

Scientists Warn Missing Russian Data Causing Arctic Climate Blind Spots

Loss of scientific data from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned Monday.

WEKU

Why the war in Ukraine is bad for climate science

The invasion of Ukraine hampered collaboration with Russian climate scientists. That's bad news for our collective ability to understand, and prepare for, a hotter planet.

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“We Face A Tangible Threat”: Scientists Speak About “Zombie Viruses” That Could Spark Pandemic

“We don’t know what viruses are lying out there in the permafrost." The post “We Face A Tangible Threat”: Scientists Speak About “Zombie Viruses” That Could Spark Pandemic first appeared on Bored Panda.

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