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Santa's workshop not flooded—but lots of melting in the Arctic

(Phys.org) —Santa's workshop at the North Pole is not under water, despite recent reports. A dramatic image captured by a University of Washington monitoring buoy reportedly shows a lake at the North Pole. But Santa doesn't ...

UK Supreme Court rules for news-clipping service (Update)

The British Supreme Court has decided partially in favor of news-clipping service Meltwater in its long-running dispute with UK newspaper publishers, who accused Meltwater of distributing excerpts of stories online without ...

Warm wind melts snow in Antarctica in winter as well

Even though the sun does not shine in Antarctica in winter, in some places, snow on the glaciers can melt as a result of warm wind. Utrecht glacier researcher Peter Kuipers Munneke discovered that fact by combining the results ...

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