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How disappearing sea ice has put Arctic ecosystem under threat

04-03-2017 16:29

From algae to fish and polar bears, the loss of habitat caused by global warming is affecting the food chainIn a few days the Arctic’s beleaguered sea ice cover is likely to set another grim record. Its coverage is on course to be the lowest winter maximum extent ever observed since satellite records began. These show that more than 2 million square kilometres of midwinter sea ice have disappeared from the Arctic in less than 40 years.The ice’s disappearance – triggered by glob

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Controversial gas from Peruvian Amazon arrives in UK

04-03-2017 06:47 via bbc.co.uk

Supporters of fracking say the UK should extract its own gas - rather than import it from Peru.

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Song for a dead swan

04-03-2017 06:30

Painscastle, Powys Over the past few years, to my delight, a pair of swans had made this sky-reflecting pool their homeWe all have our touchstone places. One of mine is the Monk’s Pond on the Begwns – a little group of bracken hills north of the river Wye as it heads eastwards out of Wales. For more than half a century I’ve made regular pilgrimages to this pool, the southern Welsh uplands wrapped round it like a protective barrier. The view takes in the Black Mountains to the s

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Holidays in space

04-03-2017 03:05 via bbc.co.uk

SpaceX is sending two tourists to the moon, but when can the rest of us look forward to space travel?

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