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- 1. The Arctic
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The Arctic is beautiful and awe-inspiring. It is also a vital element of the Earth's climate system, helping to regulate global temperatures.
- 2. Get to know the UK's new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough
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Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer.
- 3. Copepods: The unsung heroes of the ocean
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We all know the amazing job that bees and birds, as pollinators, do for the planet. But have you heard about the humble copepod?
- 4. Sea robots show Arctic climate change
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Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic and, for the first time, revealed the moment the region's marine ecosystem springs into life after the dark winter season.
- 5. Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Nicola Davies and Professor Ed Hawkins
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Poet Nicola Davies teamed up with Professor Ed Hawkins to explore climate and weather in a series of poems set to images.
- 6. Our changing Arctic
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The Barents Sea is a wild, dark, stormy old ocean. Who would want to be out there on a ship in January?
- 7. New £10 million Changing Arctic Ocean research programme kicks off
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More than 20 researchers from 16 UK research institutes, including British Antarctic Survey, will join forces on board the RRS James Clark Ross to investigate the knock-on effects of rapid warming and sea-ice loss in the Arctic region.
- 8. RRS Sir David Attenborough polar research ship one year on
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It's exactly a year since NERC launched a campaign to name our new polar research vessel. We take a look at what's happened since RRS Sir David Attenborough was picked.
- 9. Scientists measure snow density in Greenland
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Last month, scientists from the Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling (CPOM) headed to Greenland to carry out vital fieldwork as part of a NERC-CryoSat contract to calibrate and validate measurements taken by the satellite.
- 10. Inevitable surprises in the Atlantic Ocean
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What have we learned from a decade of monitoring how water and heat circulate through the North Atlantic? As Meric Srokosz explains, a great deal - much of it unexpected.
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