The satellite will also be able to retransmit distress signals from ships, aircraft or people in remote areas as part of the international Cospas-Sarsat satellite-based search and rescue programme, Roscosmos…
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Bearded seal / square flipper seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway. … [+] (Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images…
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A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday carrying Russia’s first satellite for monitoring the Arctic’s climate, the Roscosmos space agency said. Video published by…
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The Texas grid operator warned of possible blackouts while loosening the financial obligations of energy traders as arctic air enveloped the central US and sparked record demand for power. The…
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Aid workers are warning that the sharp drop in temperatures across parts of northern Europe this month has put homeless people at serious risk. German homeless aid group BAGW said…
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NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 1: People take pictures of the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain in … [+] Bryant Park as it freezes in the cold weather on February…
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Throw a polyester sweater in the washing machine and it’ll come out nice and clean, but also not quite its whole self. As it rinses, millions of synthetic fibers will…
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In 2020, the extent of the Arctic sea ice was at its second lowest in history. More worrying was the fact that after reaching the minimum extent on September 15,…
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MOSCOW: Russia has reopened a Soviet-era laboratory to test weapons in extreme Arctic conditions, the military-industrial company which will run the facility said on Thursday, amid a push by the…
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By: Deutsche Welle | December 22, 2020 5:13:30 pm Norway is western Europe’s top oil and gas producer with a daily output of around 4 million barrels of oil equivalent.…