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Volcano location could be greenhouse-icehouse key
Feb 13, 2013 (SPX)
A new Rice University-led study finds the real estate mantra "location, location, location" may also explain one of Earth's enduring climate mysteries. The stud...
Arctic sunshine revs up greenhouse gases
Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)
Sunlight in the arctic is delivering a double climate blow, researchers say, by both melting ice and speeding up the release of greenhouse gases. Dead vegetatio...
Features Of Southeast European Human Ancestors Influenced By Lack Of Episodic Glaciations
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
A fragment of human lower jaw recovered from a Serbian cave is the oldest human ancestor found in this part of Europe, who probably evolved under different cond...
Polar bear researchers urge governments to act now and save the species
Feb 08, 2013 (SPX)
A University of Alberta polar bear researcher along with eleven international co-authors are urging governments to start planning for rapid Arctic ecosystem cha...
Cyclone did not cause 2012 record low for Arctic sea ice
Feb 05, 2013 (SPX)
It came out of Siberia, swirling winds over an area that covered almost the entire Arctic basin in the normally calm late summer. It came to be known as "The Gr...
NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters (2,...
Norway's ruling party may back Arctic islands oil drive
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
Norway's ruling Labour party provoked outrage from environmentalists as well as coalition members Thursday after it opened the way for oil exploration near the ...
Greenland Ice Cores Offer Glimpse Into Future Climates
Jan 30, 2013 (SPX)
A new study that provides surprising details on changes in Earth's climate from more than 100,000 years ago indicates that the last interglacial - the period be...
Greenland ice cores provide vision of the future
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
Ice cores drilled in the Greenland ice sheet, recounting the history of the last great warming period more than 120,000 years ago, are giving scientists their c...
Deep ice shows Greenland was warmer; offers clued to future warming impacts
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the las...
Unprecedented glacier melting in the Andes blamed on climate change
Jan 24, 2013 (SPX)
Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating at increasing rate since the 1970s, scientists write in the most comprehensive review to date of Andean glac...
Chile expands Antarctica presence
Jan 23, 2013 (UPI)
Chile is speeding up expansion of its civilian and defense capabilities in Antarctic territory it claims as its own. Last week Chilean President Sebastian Piner...
Penguin head-cam captures bird's eye view of hunt
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Miniature cameras attached to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills, the lead...
Melt ponds cause the Artic sea ice to melt more rapidly
Jan 21, 2013 (SPX)
The Arctic sea ice has not only declined over the past decade but has also become distinctly thinner and younger. Researchers are now observing mainly thin, fir...
Glaciers may have survived in Scotland more recently than thought
Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)
A glacier may have still been in place in Scotland within the past 400 years, 11,000 years more recently than previously thought, a geographer has suggested. Ma...
New Antarctic geological timeline aids future sea-level predictions
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
Radiocarbon dates of tiny fossilised marine animals found in Antarctica's seabed sediments offer new clues about the recent rapid ice loss from the West Antarct...
Russian national park to bridge US-Russia divide
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
Russia on Thursday decreed a national park in its remote Far Eastern Chukotka region, paving the way for a joint US-Russian nature reserve spanning the Bering S...
Global warming opening up Russia's Arctic
Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)
Russian state-owned energy firms are preparing to move into the country's offshore polar regions. On Jan. 15 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich's t...
Will changes in climate wipe out mammals in Arctic and sub-Arctic areas?
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
The climate changes depicted by climatologists up to the year 2080 will benefit most mammals that live in northern Europe's Arctic and sub-Arctic land areas tod...
Massive valley deeper than Grand Canyon found under antarctic ice
Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)
A massive ancient subglacial trough -- deeper than the Grand Canyon -- exists under the ice of Antarctica, a team of British experts says. Scientists from a num...
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