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Plastic bag floating in the ocean

Earth

UK鈥檚 plastic rubbish ends up in fragile Arctic ecosystems

Plastic rubbish from the UK spends two years drifting in sea before reaching the Arctic, one of the most pristine ecosystems on the planet

seed bank

Earth

Face to face in the Arctic with a terrifying new sublime

An iceberg near an oil rig

Technology

Sonar to listen for moving icebergs near Arctic oil platforms

A red knot, which is brown, on the shoreline, with a white clam in its bill

Earth

Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa

Environment

An Earth made verdant by greenhouse gases brings its own dangers

Looks like mud pile on some mud, with a couple of tiny spiders quite far away. It's the Arctic sea floor, so not that exciting I guess

Environment

New Arctic life on barren seabed thrives on methane jets

Water drips into the sea from an ice shelf

Earth

Record early ice melt in Greenland due to freak warm weather

A picture of the big red boat that is Boaty McBoatface, sailing along

Earth

Boaty McBoatface: where Monty Python meets serious science

Earth

Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter