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Finnish research improves the reliability of ice friction assessment

Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)

Sliding speed and ice temperature affect the surface friction of ice more than had previously been thought. The thermodynamic model developed by VTT Technical R...

Good pay, no crime: life is good in Chilean Antarctica

Apr 04, 2014 (AFP)

There is no crime or traffic and in this Antarctic hamlet paychecks can be much higher than on the Chilean mainland. Plus, the penguins are very cute. But resid...

River ice reveals new twist on Arctic melt

Apr 04, 2014 (SPX)

A new study led by Lance Lesack, a Simon Fraser University geographer and Faculty of Environment professor, has discovered unexpected climate-driven changes in ...

'Great opportunities' from climate change: Iceland PM

Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)

Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson said Wednesday that climate change will create "great opportunities" for the Nordic island nation in the f...

NSIDC, NASA Say Arctic Melt Season Lengthening, Ocean Rapidly Warming

Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)

The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to the melt season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to...

Researchers reveal the dynamics behind Arctic ecosystems

Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)

Species such as the musk ox, Arctic fox and lemming live in the harsh, cold and deserted tundra environment. However, they have often been in the spotlight when...

Seasonal Arctic summer ice extent still hard to forecast

Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)

Will next year's summer Arctic ice extent be high or low? Can ship captains plan on navigating the famed Northwest Passage-a direct shipping route from Europe t...

New study shows major increase in West Antarctic glacial loss

Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)

Six massive glaciers in West Antarctica are moving faster than they did 40 years ago, causing more ice to discharge into the ocean and global sea level to rise,...

New clues to decline and extinction of woolly mammoths

Mar 27, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers recently noticed that the remains of woolly mammoths from the North Sea often possess a 'cervical' (neck) rib-in fact, 10 times more frequently than...

Ancient Indonesian climate shift linked to glacial cycle

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Using sediments from a remote lake, researchers from Brown University have assembled a 60,000-year record of rainfall in central Indonesia. The analysis reveals...

Permafrost Thaw Exacerbates Climate Change

Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)

The climate is warming in the arctic at twice the rate of the rest of the globe creating a longer growing season and increased plant growth, which captures atmo...

Glacial advances in Nyainqentanglha maybe linked to North Atlantic cooling

Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)

Chronologies of glacial advances during the last glacial period are not contemporaneous throughout the Tibetan Plateau. Professor YI Chaolu and his research gro...

Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age

Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers from Princeton University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have confirmed that during the last ice age iron fertilization cau...

Braving perilous Drake Passage to Brazil's Antarctic base

Mar 22, 2014 (AFP)

Furious ten-meter waves and icy, tempestuous gales await those intrepid enough to navigate Drake Passage, the crossing from the tip of South America to Antarcti...

Researchers: Northeast Greenland ice loss accelerating

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

An international team of scientists has discovered that the last remaining stable portion of the Greenland ice sheet is stable no more. The finding, which will ...

Computer model predicts vastly different ecosystem in Antarctica's Ross Sea

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

The Ross Sea, a major, biologically productive Antarctic ecosystem, "clearly will be extensively modified by future climate change" in the coming decades as ris...

Computer model predicts vastly different ecosystem in Antarctica's Ross Sea

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

The Ross Sea, a major, biologically productive Antarctic ecosystem, "clearly will be extensively modified by future climate change" in the coming decades as ris...

The Frozen Truth about Glaciers, Climate Change and Our Future

Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)

Lewis Owen has been scraping out icy fragments of history's truth from one of the most glaciated regions on Earth for the past 25 years. His frequent excursions...

Back to life after 1,500 years

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and Reading University have demonstrated that, after over 1,500 years frozen in Antarctic ice, moss can come back ...

Regional warming triggers sustained mass loss in Northeast Greenland ice sheet

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Northeast Greenland, where the glacier is found, is of particular interest as numerical model predictions have suggested there is no significant mass loss for t...