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North Atlantic signalled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
The Atlantic Ocean at mid-depths may have given out early warning signals - 1,000 years in advance - that the last Ice Age was going to end, scientists report i...
Migrating 'supraglacial' lakes could trigger future Greenland ice loss
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
Predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. ...
Glacier beds can get slipperier at higher sliding speeds
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
As a glacier's sliding speed increases, the bed beneath the glacier can grow slipperier, according to laboratory experiments conducted by Iowa State University ...
Hidden Movements of Greenland Ice Sheet, Runoff Revealed
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
For years NASA has tracked changes in the massive Greenland Ice Sheet. This week scientists using NASA data released the most detailed picture ever of how the i...
Sea Shepherd confronts illegal Antarctic poaching vessel
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd said Thursday it confronted a ship known for poaching Patagonian toothfish and other rare species in the Antarctic, pa...
Melting Arctic ice, rising temps seen as planet warms
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
Record high temperatures in Alaska, below average snow cover across the Arctic and excess summer ice melting in Greenland were observed this year by scientists,...
No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas that doesn't receive as much notoriety as carbon dioxide or methane, but a new study confirms that atmospheri...
Antarctica: Heat comes from the deep
Dec 05, 2014 (SPX)
The Antarctic ice sheet is a giant water reservoir. The ice cap on the southern continent is on average 2,100 meters thick and contains about 70 percent of the ...
West Antarctic melt rate has tripled
Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade....
The emergence of modern sea ice in the Arctic Ocean
Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)
"We have not seen an ice free period in the Arctic Ocean for 2,6 million years. However, we may see it in our lifetime." says marine geologist Jochen Knies. In ...
Andes glaciers, ailing giants hit by climate change
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Like ailing giants, the tropical glaciers of the Andes Mountains are melting at worrying speed, raising scientists' fears that many will disappear before anythi...
Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say t...
Greenland independence on back burner in snap election
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
Greenland voters are on Friday expected to focus on the Arctic territory's economic future rather than independence from Denmark, in a snap election prompted by...
Robot returns 3-D images under Antarctic sea sheets
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
A National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully tested an autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV, that can produce high-resolution, three-...
Extreme weather in the Arctic problematic for people, wildlife
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
The residents of Longyearbyen, the largest town on the Norwegian arctic island archipelago of Svalbard, remember it as the week that the weather gods caused tro...
Fountain of Youth Underlies Antarctic Mountains
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
Time ravages mountains, as it does people. Sharp features soften, and bodies grow shorter and rounder. But under the right conditions, some mountains refuse to ...
Time-lapse photos and weather data unlock Antarctic secrets
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
In preparation for his upcoming fieldwork, Brown University research analyst Jay Dickson took 10,000 pictures of the inside of his freezer. He wasn't investigat...
Permafrost soil possible source of abrupt rise in greenhouse gases
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have identified a possible source of carbon dioxide (CO2) and...
China's Xi commits to greater Antarctic ties with Australia
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping committed to greater Antarctic cooperation with Australia Tuesday, while fulfilling a long-held dream to visit the nation's smalles...
China's Xi commits to Antarctic deal with Australia
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping Tuesday committed to an Antarctic cooperation deal with Australia, while fulfilling a long-held dream to visit the nation's smalles...
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