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The Arctic endured one of its hottest years in 2020, study finds

The year 2020 did not beat the record set in 2012, but came quite close.

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Dec 8th 2020, 9:27 PM

Mont Blanc glacier close to collapse, warn Italian authorities

The glacier is on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.

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Sep 25th 2019, 1:38 PM

Iceberg as big as Galway on the brink of breaking away into ocean

If the Larsen C Antarctic ice shelf splits, it will produce one of the biggest icebergs ever seen.

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Jun 1st 2017, 10:01 AM

Scorchio! Your photos of Ireland looking gorgeous in the sunshine today

It’s not a bad looking country, all the same.

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Jun 18th 2014, 1:30 PM