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Polar bear numbers are rising in a once too-frigid Arctic basin

Thick Arctic ice is melting into conditions better suited to life. But the region's warming is trending towards trouble

Scientists use GPS satellites to track Greenland ice sheet melting

Scientists could already measure soil moisture, wind velocities, snow depth with GPS satellites. Now they can also monitor melting ice.

Climate change is rotting away Greenland's cultural heritage

Archaeologists are moving as fast as they can, but the past is slipping away

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Ancient Romans never reached Greenland, but the emissions from their silver mining did

Ice cores, used to study ancient climates, also contain the history of the Roman Empire