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Bomb Cyclone – Update (December, 2022)

An unprecedented bomb cyclone has hit the US and Canada, affecting over millions of people in the region....

📅 December 28, 2022

Decline of Polar Bear Population in Canada

A new government report has found that the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population in Canada has declined...

📅 December 24, 2022

Warming Arctic Ocean Increasing Snowfall in Siberia

A new study found that climate change-induced impacts in the Arctic Ocean are increasing snow cover in several...

📅 November 25, 2022

What is Project 22220?

Russia recently launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker named Yakutia at Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. It is the fourth...

📅 November 25, 2022

What are “viral spillover risks”?

A new research found that climate change could increase the risk of “viral spillover” in several parts of...

📅 October 27, 2022

Draft Arctic Policy of India

The Government of India recently released the Draft Arctic Policy. What is the main objective of the Policy?...

📅 January 5, 2021

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Deposits

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in the Alaskan region in the USA. It is...

📅 December 5, 2020

What are “Zombie Fires” that are burning the Arctics?

The Zombie Fires in the Arctic region are becoming frequent. This says that the fire regimes in the...

📅 October 1, 2020

Polar bears could go extinct by 2100

According to a study published by the University of Toronto has claimed that if arctic ice continues to...

📅 July 31, 2020

Gold Nanoparticles from Antarctic Bacteria helps in Clinical trials

The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research and the Goa University have synthesized gold nano particles. They...

📅 June 29, 2020

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