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Arctic circle to have World's first energy positive hotel
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] Mar 18 (ANI): The Arctic Circle has a mystical attraction for travellers seeking to experience one of the world's most remote regions before it melts away.
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Soaring temperature at North Pole stuns scientists
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 27 (ANI): A sudden spell of heat at the North Pole has left scientists across the world stunned.
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Russia to hand over 2,000 seed specimens to Arctic Vault
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 27 (ANI): Russia plans to transfer about 2,200 specimens of food plant seeds to the Global Seed Vault on Norway's Arctic island of Svalbard, an official said on Monday.
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World facing three major challenges: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Davos [Switzerland] Jan 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said climate change, nations distinguishing between good and bad terrorism and nations becoming self-centered are the three major challenges that the world is facing today.
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Russian helicopter crashes in Norway's Arctic waters
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Oct 27 (ANI): A Russian helicopter, carrying eight people, crashed off the coast of Arctic archipelago, Svalbard, 800 kilometers north of Norway's mainland.
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Russian helicopter with eight people on board crashes into sea
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Svalbard [Russia], Oct 26 (ANI): A Russian helicopter with eight people on board has reportedly crashed into the sea off the coast of Norways's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
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Arctic Animals at threat as US allows oil drilling in Alaska waters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July 14(ANI): In a new threat to a number of Arctic animals like polar bears, bowhead whales and other such animals, the United States (US) has permitted an Italian multinational oil and gas company to go ahead with drilling plans in federal waters off Alaska.
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Siliguri becomes new haven of migratory birds
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Jan. 7 (ANI): Bird watchers on Friday flocked here where a large number of migratory birds have arrived to escape the extreme cold of their Arctic home grounds.
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Migratory birds attract nature enthusiasts in Varanasi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (UP) [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): Bird watchers and tourists flocked in Varanasi to observe migratory birds that have arrived to escape the extreme cold of their Arctic home grounds.
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Hurdle for Trump, Obama takes new action to ban Arctic drilling
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Dec. 21 (ANI): Relying on a 63-year-old law to make his move, which will prevent future leasing of certain offshore areas for oil rights, U.S. President President Barack Obama took new action barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely,
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Arctic ice melt 'already affecting weather patterns where you live ri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 20(ANI): The increased melting of Arctic ice is already driving extreme weather that affects hundreds of millions of people across North America, Europe and Asia, leading climate scientists have told the Guardian.
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Scientists develop sawdust into super sponge for oil spills
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington.D.C [US], Dec. 13 (ANI): In a recent research, scientist have chemically modified sawdust to make it exceptionally oil-attracting and buoyant, characteristics that are ideal for cleaning oil spills in the icy, turbulent waters of the Arctic.
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