It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
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Natural world
The oldest tree – a cluster of Norway Spruce found in April 2008 on a mountain top between Sweden and Norway, aged from 4500 up to 8000 years using carbon dating method.
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According to a new study – because of air pollution, the smell of flowers is not wafting as far as it once did. The finding could help explain why some pollinators, particularly bees, are declining in certain parts of the world.
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Fish are not just cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates but little smart too. According to new research fish can count. Scientists have found that North American mosquito fish have the ability to count up to four. Fish have a limited ability to count how many other fish are nearby. This means that they have similar [...]
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This is an interesting discovery which may lead to provide us more information about life and other factors.
The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet has been reported. The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice. The Antarctic continent, located in [...]
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Interesting facts on the north pole – there is no land beneath the ice of the North Pole – only thick layer of ice.
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The Arctic Ocean, located in the northern hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region. Arctic summer melting in 2007 set new records. The polar ice pack is thinning, and there is a seasonal hole in ozone layer in many years. Reduction of the area of Arctic sea ice will have an effect on [...]
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Dinosaurs were large size animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. Non-avian dinosaurs suddenly became extinct approximately 65 million years ago. Now a high school student hunting fossils in the badlands of his native North Dakota discovered an extremely rare mummified dinosaur that includes [...]
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