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This story is part of CNET Zero, a series that chronicles the impact of climate change and explores what's being done about the problem. The sound of ice cracking underneath the hull of a 25,500-ton icebreaker is unmistakable. No…

New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice.A paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature has concluded that those northern waters could be open for months at a time as early as 2030,…

Engineers at UBC Okanagan have been collaborating with researchers from the University of Toronto to make a significant breakthrough in de-icing technology. Their latest research, published in this month's edition of Nature Communications,…