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Ancient algae found deep in tropical glacier
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
The remains of tiny creatures found deep inside a mountaintop glacier in Peru are clues to the local landscape more than a millennium ago, according to a new st...
NASA's Operation IceBridge concludes 2015 Arctic campaign
Jun 04, 2015 (SPX)
Operation IceBridge wrapped up its seventh Arctic deployment on May 21, when NASA's C-130 research aircraft with the mission's researchers and instruments on bo...
Glacier changes at the top of the world
Jun 04, 2015 (SPX)
If greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise, glaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas could experience dramatic change in the decades to come. A team of...
CryoSat detects sudden ice loss in Southern Antarctic Peninsula
Jun 03, 2015 (ESA)
A recent acceleration in ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica has been detected by ESA's ice mission. The latest findings by a team of scientist...
Inland ice in Antarctica melting fast
Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)
Many glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula (SAP) - a region previously thought to be stable compared to other glacier masses in Antarctica - became desta...
For pollock surveys in Alaska, things are looking up
May 31, 2015 (SPX)
Shelikof Strait, in the Gulf of Alaska, is an important spawning area for walleye pollock, the target of the largest--and one of the most valuable--fisheries in...
Northern ice caused southern rain during last ice age
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Armadas of icebergs that broke off the Greenland ice sheet into the northern Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glacial Period - between about 110,000 and 12,000 ye...
Study shows influence on climate of fresh water during last ice age
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
A new study shows how huge influxes of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean from icebergs calving off North America during the last ice age had an unexpect...
How supercooled water is prevented from turning into ice
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Water behaves in mysterious ways. Especially below zero, where it is dubbed supercooled water, before it turns into ice. Physicists have recently observed the s...
Sudden onset of ice loss in Antarctica detected
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
A group of scientists, led by a team from the University of Bristol, UK has observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica. ...
The Arctic: Interglacial period with a break
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre working together with their Canadian counterparts,...
Russia and West hold war games over Arctic
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Russia was conducting huge and unexpected war games on Tuesday, coinciding with a Nato drill in the Arctic at a time of heightened tensions in the region. The s...
NATO and Nordics hold sub-Arctic wargames
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
Nordic air force exercises simulating a UN peacekeeping mission got underway in Sweden's sub-Arctic north on Monday, the Swedish armed forces said. The war game...
Beached iceberg helps reveal ecological impact of sea-ice changes
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
The grounding of a giant iceberg in Antarctica has provided a unique real-life experiment that has revealed the vulnerability of marine ecosystems to sudden cha...
Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below
May 19, 2015 (SPX)
A decade-long scientific debate about what's causing the thinning of one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves is settled with the publication of an international...
It's the Final Act for Larsen B Ice Shelf, NASA Finds
May 18, 2015 (JPL)
A new NASA study finds the last remaining section of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002, is quickly weakening and is likely to d...
Carbon emissions from peatlands may be less than expected
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
Duke University scientists have discovered a previously unknown dual mechanism that slows peat decay and may help reduce carbon dioxide emissions from peatlands...
NASA Airborne Mission to Focus on Polar Winds
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's DC-8 aircraft began a series of science flights based out of Keflavik, Iceland, on May 11 aimed at studying Arctic polar winds. The mission goals are to ...
Record Antarctic sea ice a logistic problem for scientists
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
Growing sea ice surrounding Antarctica could prompt scientists to consider relocating research stations on the continent, according to the operations manager of...
Fjords are 'hotspots' in global carbon cycling
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
While fjords are celebrated for their beauty, these ecosystems are also major carbon sinks that likely play an important role in the regulation of the planet's ...
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