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Copenhagen, Oct 21 Little pieces of plastic can now be found everywhere: from table salt, drinking water and food, to the deep seas, far deserts and most remote mountains. While it's not surprising
Compared with microplastics in the marine and terrestrial environments, the phenomenon of airborne microplastics is even less well understood.
[By Alek Petty andLinette Boisvert] September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and...
HMS Protector Sails Further North Than Any Other Royal Navy Ship in History June 29, 2021 The Royal Navy’s HMS Protector has set a record for sailing closer to the North Pole than any other British surface ship in history. The Plymouth-based survey ship is on her first Arctic patrol after completing an extensive overhaul in January. Since then, Protector has been conducting extensive trials and training with the goal of deploying to Antarctica later this year. HMS Protector has spent this month in the Arctic Circle, north of 80 degrees latitude, carrying out ‘Ice Ramming Trials’ to asc...
The ship tested herself against various depths and types of ice, assisted by scientists Icebreaker HMS Protector sailed closer to the North Pole than any other Royal Navy ship in history on her first patrol of the Arctic. The survey and research ship crunched her way through polar ice to within 1,050 kilometres of the top of the world as she gathered data about the ocean and environment. Only submarines – such as HMS Trenchant which punched through the ice at the Pole in 2018 – can travel further north than the position the Plymouth-based survey ship reached: 80°41.5 ...