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New map of the seabed reveal more deposits than expected

There are 30 % more sediments on the seabed than previously expected, reveal an update of the map GlobSed. This equates to up to two km of extra land mass over today’s land area. 

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Exhaust gas is to blame: Ground-level ozone is damaging crops

Exhaust gas emissions have doubled the amount of ground-level ozone. Vegetation is being destroyed. Food production is decreasing. Researchers now fear that the damage is greatest in the Arctic regions.

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Melting glaciers are causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates

New: Land-based glaciers outside of the main ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland have lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising sea levels by 27 millimeters.
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34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting
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34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting
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