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Guardian: A chilling view of a warming world

Driven by the loss of ice, Arctic temperatures are warming more quickly than other parts of the world: last autumn air temperatures in the Arctic stood at a record 5C above normal.

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New wallpapers: sunbathing polar bears and melting glaciers

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More breathtaking images just in from Nick Cobbing, aboard the Arctic Sunrise in Greenland, where the crew are working with leading climate scientists to monitor the break-up of the Petermann Glacier.

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Nick Cobbing's images of the Arctic

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Photographer Nick Cobbing's spectacular photos from the Arctic Sunrise's Arctic expedition are featured on the Telegraph website here. Take a look, for ice sheets, kayaking along meltwater rivers, and polar bears in their natural habitat.

 

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Big, cold and slow? Ice speeds up as climate talks slow down

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Antarctic ice sheets are formed when glaciers meet the sea.

Things are changing down in the Antarctic. Up until recently, you could pretty much describe the ice sheets there as big, cold and slow. But now, as climate change has an effect on the bottom of the planet, we're seeing news stories about changes in the ice occurring much faster than has been expected, revealing new insights into how the ice sheets of our planet behave.

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