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NASA contributes to first global review of Arctic marine mammals
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Many human communities want answers about the current status and future of Arctic marine mammals, including scientists who dedicate their lives to study them an...
Dutch polar explorers likely drowned: Canada police
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Two Dutch explorers studying melting Arctic sea ice have apparently drowned after falling through thin ice, police said Monday. Marc Cornelissen and Philip de R...
Whitening the Arctic Ocean: May restore sea ice, but not climate
May 01, 2015 (SPX)
Some scientists have suggested that global warming could melt frozen ground in the Arctic, releasing vast amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the ...
Scientists discover salty aquifer and microbial habitat under Antarctica
May 01, 2015 (SPX)
Using an airborne imaging system for the first time in Antarctica, scientists have discovered a vast network of unfrozen salty groundwater that may support prev...
UT research uncovers lakes, signs of life under Antarctica's dry valleys
May 01, 2015 (SPX)
Many view Antarctica as a frozen wasteland. Turns out there are hidden interconnected lakes underneath its dry valleys that could sustain life and shed light on...
Warming may release vast amounts of carbon from Arctic soils
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carbon tha...
Arctic beetles may be ideal marker of climate change
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
Wanna know about climate change? Ask a beetle. Scientists have been logging changes in weather patterns and temperatures in the Arctic for some time. Now they n...
Arctic nations meet under threat of new Cold War
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
The thawing of the polar ice promises Arctic nations new opportunities to open ocean trade routes and offshore oil fields. But the chill in relations between We...
Phytoplankton, reducing greenhouse gases or amplifying Arctic warming
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
Phytoplankton, commonly known as plant plankton that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, are potentially a key driver of Arctic wa...
Gradual, prolonged permafrost greenhouse gas emissions forecast
Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)
A new scientific synthesis suggests a gradual, prolonged release of greenhouse gases from permafrost soils in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, which may afford so...
Western Canada to lose 70 percent of glaciers by 2100
Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)
Seventy per cent of glacier ice in British Columbia and Alberta could disappear by the end of the 21st century, creating major problems for local ecosystems, po...
Alaska animals could experience habitat change from warming climate
Apr 07, 2015 (SPX)
Of the 201 bird and mammal species that call northwest Alaska's arctic and subarctic region their home, 195 of them - or, roughly, 97 percent - could experience...
Sea Shepherd in dramatic rescue of Antarctic 'poaching' ship crew
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd said it rescued 40 crew members from a sinking "poaching" ship it was pursuing for months for allegedly illegally fish...
Warming: Canada glaciers to shrink by 70% by 2100
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
The glaciers of western Canada, one of the world's most picturesque mountain regions, are likely to largely melt away over just three generations, scientists sa...
Polar bears unlikely to thrive on land-based foods
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey found that polar bears, increasingly forced on shore due to sea ice loss, may be eating terrestrial foods...
UNH geologist identifies new source of methane for gas hydrates in Arctic
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
Research led by a University of New Hampshire professor has identified a new source of methane for gas hydrates - ice-like substances found in sediment that tra...
Antarctica just had its warmest day on record
Mar 30, 2015 (UPI)
Global warming continues to have its most pronounced effects on Earth's polar regions. Last week in Antarctica, those effects set a new record. On Tuesday, Marc...
Study proves pandas aren't loners
Mar 28, 2015 (UPI)
More than two years of electronic stalking has revealed a variety of details about the day-to-day life of wild pandas. And one of those details undermines the c...
International study raises questions about cause of global ice ages
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
A new international study casts doubt on the leading theory of what causes ice ages around the world -- changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun. The researc...
Study: Gulf Stream slower than ever before
Mar 23, 2015 (UPI)
The Gulf Stream is the weakest it's been in the last 1,000 years. And as glacier melt in the Arctic continues to accelerate, the foot of the Atlantic's most pow...
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