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Greenpeace challenges Rosneft vessel in Arctic waters
Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)
Activists from environmental lobby group Greenpeace on Tuesday challenged a ship from Russian oil giant Rosneft in the Barents Sea, in a bid to stop oil explora...
Ice ages only thanks to feedback
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
Ice ages and warm periods have alternated fairly regularly in the Earth's history: the Earth's climate cools roughly every 100,000 years, with vast areas of Nor...
Arctic sea-ice loss has widespread effects on wildlife
Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)
With sea ice at its lowest point in 1,500 years, how might ecological communities in the Arctic be affected by its continued and even accelerated melting over t...
New records for sea ice loss, greenhouse gas in 2012
Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)
The world lost record amounts of Arctic sea ice in 2012 and spewed out all-time high levels of greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels, international climate s...
Santa's workshop not flooded - but lots of melting in the Arctic
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Santa's workshop at the North Pole is not under water, despite recent reports. A dramatic image captured by a University of Washington monitoring buoy reportedl...
Ice-free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during Pliocene
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is ...
New knowledge about permafrost improving climate models
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
New research findings from the Centre for Permafrost (CENPERM) at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, docum...
Reindeer herders find more giant holes in Siberia
Jul 29, 2013 (UPI)
Just two weeks after footage of a mysterious crater in Russia's northern Yamal peninsula went viral, two more massive holes have been discovered in Siberia. One...
Coastal Antarctic permafrost melting faster than expected
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the ice had been ...
Declining sea ice strands baby harp seals
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Young harp seals off the eastern coast of Canada are at much higher risk of getting stranded than adult seals because of shrinking sea ice cover caused by recen...
Ancient ice melt unearthed in Antarctic mud
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, scientis...
University of Alberta scientists get dirty at the Robson Glacier
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Glacier retreat areas provide an excellent window into the evolution of microbial communities, an ideal opportunity for scientists to study how quickly soil bio...
Arctic methane breach an 'economic time bomb'
Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)
Massive leakage of methane from thawing shoreline in the Arctic would devastate the world's climate and economy, a trio of scientists warned on Wednesday. Billi...
Ancient Antarctic ice got muddy
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
East Antarctic Ice Sheet repeatedly melted back several hundred miles inland during several warming periods 3 million to 5 million years ago in the Pliocene Epo...
New iceberg theory points to areas at risk of rapid disintegration
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracki...
Researchers Shed New Light on Supraglacial Lake Drainage
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
Supraglacial lakes - bodies of water that collect on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet - lubricate the bottom of the sheet when they drain, causing it to f...
Is the ice in Greenland in growing decline?
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
The time period of satellite observations of the ice sheets of Greenland and the Antarctic is still too short to be able to say whether the accelerated loss of ...
Australia, N.Z. vow to press on with Antarctic plans
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
Australia and New Zealand Wednesday said they were deeply disappointed with Russia blocking a plan to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary off Antarctica,...
Continuous satellite monitoring of ice sheets needed to better predict sea-level rise
Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)
The findings, published in Nature Geoscience, underscore the need for continuous satellite monitoring of the ice sheets to better identify and predict melting a...
Russia blocks bid for Antarctic sanctuary: NGOs
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
Russia on Tuesday blocked attempts by Western countries to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary off Antarctica, green groups said. The Russian representat...
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