12/02/2018 Newsround

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Happy Monday morning,

I'm Ayshah with your top stories.

We check out the latest

from the Winter Olympics

Plastic problems

in the Arctic, and...

We take a look at one of the biggest

parties in the world

First, we're off to the Winter

Olympics in South Korea,

where strong winds caused mayhem

at the Phoenix Snow

Park in Pyeongchang.

The women's slopestyle

final was badly affected

by the wind conditions.

Britain's Aimee Fuller came 17th

and crashed on her second run.

She was OK though!

The gold medal went to defending

champion Jamie Anderson

of the United States,

who pulled out these

incredible skills to win.

It seems that nowhere in the world

is safe from plastic pollution.

Researchers are concerned

after finding that a huge amount

of plastic waste is now

reaching the Arctic.

Here's Ricky.

From a distance these beautiful

shores on the Arctic coastline

of Norway look pristine, unspoiled.

Take a closer look and it's

a very different picture.

The plastic polluting our oceans has

now made it to the so far

relatively untouched Arctic.

Just last year I think

we brought in 30 tonnes.

Household, it is food

wrapping, bottles.

One of the biggest causes of plastic

pollution in the area is fishing.

Bits of rope and netting can be

found everywhere and it's having

an impact on the local wildlife.

The rubbish comes from all

over Europe, and even

as far away as America.

I mean, you can throw things

into the ocean in Florida and think

I am throwing it away and then it

might appear on our shores.

He has made it his mission to pick

up as much of the litter as he can

around these Norwegian fjords.

What to say?

it is so obvious what doing

here is like the tip of the iceberg.

This is what is readily available.

I mean, I pick up this little piece

of litter and we won't see it again.

It helps.

Now we've seen people walking

on the moon but will it ever be

possible for that to happen on Mars?

It sounds like an idea

for a new sci-fi movie doesn't it?

But actually a research team have

been spending time in the Oman

desert doing experiments that

could one day make that a reality.

Sending a man mission to Mars has

been

Sending a man mission to Mars has

been a space explores ambition for

years. These researchers are hoping

to make it a reality. There are in

the Oman desert in the middle east

doing experiments that could one day

help humans to survive on the red

planet.

Why oh man? We need a place

that looks as much as Mars as

possible. We found it here. It is a

beautiful place but is a sign

difficultly useful place and

operationally useful place.

Although

it is a distant dream, it felt

closer on Tuesday when the company

successfully launched the world's

most powerful rocket. While getting

there is one challenge, astronauts

will also need to be able to survive

on Mars. That is why these

experiments are so crucial.

Once we

will go to Mars and we will stay on

Mars, we will have to use the

resources we find on Mars because we

cannot bring everything from Earth.

That is called in situ resource

utilisation. We use the things we

find there to sustain life,

sustained missions and then log run

may be other things.

For now this

vast desert is the perfect spot to

carry out tests like growing

vegetables, and trying out a bulky

spacesuits. Who knows one day

similar scenes could be taking place

on Mars.

People call it the biggest

party in the world -

and judging by these pictures,

it really is.

Carnival is under way

in the city of Rio in Brazil.

Every year more than a million

people from all over the world take

to the city's streets

for the massive festival

which includes parties,

dancing and amazing costumes.

It's not just for fun though,

there are competitions with winners

announced at the end

of the celebrations later this week.

I'm back in half an hour

with loads more.

See you then.