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Science & Environment

Page last updated at 09:17 GMT, Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Arctic sea ice
Changes 'amplify Arctic warming'
Scientists say they now have unambiguous evidence that the warming in the Arctic is accelerating.
Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'
No 2008 record for Arctic sea ice

Kilauea (J.D.Griggs/USGS) Drillers break into magma chamber
In what has been called a "geologist’s dream", drillers in Hawaii have unexpectedly struck molten rock at shallow depth.

Titan, Saturn's moon Saturn's moon has 'ice volcanoes'
Titan, the haze-shrouded moon of Saturn, displays tantalising evidence of ice volcanoes, say scientists.

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Richard Black Earth Watch
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