Arctic
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Is this giant chasm in Siberia a portal to the underworld? You decide!
The "door to the underworld" is what happens when permafrost in Siberia thaws dramatically.
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Pizzlies, narlugas, and other creatures from our weird changing world
An animated guide to how climate change is remixing species.
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Film captures how climate change threatens whaling, the lifeblood of Alaska Natives
"Children of the Arctic" considers what a warming planet means for the Iñupiat living on the Alaskan tundra.
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Climate change is melting Arctic archaeological sites
The Canadian Arctic is losing centuries-old, perfectly preserved Inuit villages as permafrost melts and coast erodes.
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Thawing permafrost could be the worst climate threat you haven’t heard of
Permafrost is supposed to stay frozen -- and it turns out it could be seriously bad news for the atmosphere if it doesn't.
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Underwater, melting glaciers are louder than a symphony of chainsaws
It turns out that bubbles in melting glaciers are causing quite a ruckus.
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Warmer seas make for a transoceanic fish party
A melting Arctic is opening the path between the Atlantic and Pacific -- which could mean potential disaster for ocean ecosystems.
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35,000 walruses start their own climate march
Shrinking sea ice forces walruses to flop ashore en masse.
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China’s voyage to cross the less frozen Arctic Ocean
China bets historically low Arctic ice will allow a rusty hulk to sail through the fabled Northern Sea Route, opening up a shortcut to lucrative trade in the E.U.