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China plans to dominate global commons of Antarctica
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI): With an aim to dominate the Arctic and Antarctica regions, China has been pouring investments and aggressively constructing a fleet of polar icebreakers as part of its geopolitical ambitions, according to a report published in The National Interest.
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US, Canada begin joint week-long Arctic Air Defense Drills
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], March 21 (ANI): US and Canadian air forces are starting a week-long Arctic exercise, Amalgam Dart, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has announced on Saturday (local time).
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Court okays Trump administration auctioning oil drilling rights in Alaska
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Alaska [US], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): A US federal judge has turned down requests by conservation and indigenous groups to prevent the outgoing administration from selling oil and gas leases to drilling companies in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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Long-term permafrost record details Arctic thaw
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 16 (ANI): Frozen Arctic soils are set to release vast amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as they continue to thaw in coming decades.
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How moon controls release of methane in Arctic Ocean, new study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], December 15 (ANI): A study lead by University in Tromso (UIT) The Arctic University of Norway has claimed that the moon has a role to play in controlling the amount of methane gas released by the Arctic Ocean.
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Moment of pride for India: Ajanta Caves' deposit being preserved for etern
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Trondheim [Norway], October 30 (ANI): A proud moment for India, a country that has the largest number of heritage sites in the world has been marked over last week. A team of members from the data preservation facility - Arctic World Archive has initiated the deposit of India's ancient histo
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Now Russia accuses China of spying
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 15 (ANI): Even as US-China relations continue to deteriorate, Russia has accused China of spying, despite the two countries enjoying considerably good relations over the years.
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Russia to launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 4 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia will launch its first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring the Arctic climate and environment at the end of the year, General Director of the Lavochkin aerospace company Vladimir Kolmykov told Sputnik.
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New luxurious floating hotel opens in Sweden
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Feb 16 (ANI): Arctic Bath, a new luxurious floating hotel has opened in the Scandinavian north and the structure indeed serves as a dialogue between nature and man-made creativity.
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Scientists resurrect mutated genes from a mammoth
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): In a recent development in the field of paleontology scientists have resurrected the mutated genes of a mammoth that once resided in the Wrangel Island, a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia.
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Ozone-depleting substances caused half of Arctic warming: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [IUSA], Jan 20 (ANI): A burgeoning hole in Earth's stratospheric ozone was first published in a scientific paper in 1985. Scientists determined the cause to be ozone-depleting substances - long-lived artificial halogen compounds.
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Britain to be hit by Arctic freeze on Saturday night, snow on Sunday
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 15 (ANI): Britain is expected to be smashed by an Arctic freeze on Saturday night as temperatures are set to plummet as low as minus 7 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, British weather forecasters warned.
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