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A team of UK scientists have discovered a natural process that could delay, or even end, the threat of global warming.

The researchers, aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Endurance, have found that melting icebergs off the coast of Antarctica are releasing millions of tiny particles of iron into the southern Ocean, helping to create huge ‘blooms’ of algae that absorb carbon emissions. The algae then sinks to the icy depths, effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

According to lead researcher, Prof. Rob Raiswell of Leeds University, “The Earth itself seems to want to save us.”

August saw the fastest retreat of arctic sea ice on record, according to new NASA data. During that month, sea ice melted at a rate of 32,700 square miles per day, compared with 24,400 square miles per day in 2007. The rate of decline is even more dramatic when compared with the 30-year average rate of decline, 19,700 miles per day.

The accelerated seasonal retreat of sea ice surprised NASA scientists, who expected a more moderate retreat on the tail of a la Niña year. Moreover, the data show that one cold year, when sea ice levels are able return to normal, is not enough to counter the long-term melting of the arctic.

We’ve written often recently off the challenges soon to be faced by the continuing melt of the Arctic. Without a doubt, there are resources up there that someone will attempt to get their grubby little hands on. And, with the price of oil continuing to skyrocket with each passing month, if oil is found in the north – not an unexpected possibility considering the nearby [...]

Think the Arctic is a sovereign landmass neutral to any particular country or organization? Think again. With Global Warming speeding up ice melt in the region, a massive competitive land grab is heating up between countries all over the world eager to get access to the riches that may become available. What's the number one resource everyone is eager to tap into? Well, oil of course.

It is estimated by scientists that nearly 25%

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Winter wonderland, snow everywhere. It's like the romance of Valentine's Day has carried over to the following day. That might be the case if you could stay inside by the fire all day; but you probably have to go to school, work, and the grocery store. You need to clear the driveway and the sidewalks, and it's not an easy task.

You probably find that you need to use some sort of "ice melt" [...]