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First Chinese ship makes trip to Atlantic via Arctic route
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
The first Chinese ship has travelled from the Pacific to Atlantic via the Arctic along the Russian coast, an Icelandic scientist who participated on the expedit...
Predictions are in for Arctic sea ice low point
Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)
It's become a sport of sorts, predicting the low point of Arctic sea ice each year. Expert scientists with decades of experience do it but so do enthusiasts, wh...
Melting ice opens Northwest Passage
Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)
Rapidly melting sea ice has led to the opening of the arctic's Northwest Passage, images taken by NASA's Terra satellite confirm. While an image captured July 1...
Tropical climate in the Antarctic
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
Given the predicted rise in global temperatures in the coming decades, climate scientists are particularly interested in warm periods that occurred in the geolo...
Aerial photos reveal dynamic ice sheet
Aug 06, 2012 (SPX)
Despite the current and rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, it remains far from certain just when we will have reached a point when scientists will be abl...
Russian icebreaker sets out for expedition
Aug 04, 2012 (UPI)
A Russian icebreaker vessel set out on a two-month expedition to the Arctic Ocean to study an icy ridge, officials said. The diesel-electric icebreaker Kapitan ...
Who owns the North Pole?
Aug 01, 2012 (UPI)
Danish geologists heading for the arctic say their expedition could support a claim the North Pole belongs to Greenland, and by extension to Denmark. Seismic da...
Researchers analyze melting glaciers and water resources in Central Asia
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
After the fall of the Soviet Union twenty years ago, water distribution in Central Asia became a source of conflict. In areas where summer precipitation is low,...
Hidden rift valley discovered beneath West Antarctica reveals new insight into ice loss
Jul 31, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica, which they believe is contributing to ice loss from this part ...
China to build first polar-expedition icebreaker
Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)
China is set to construct its first icebreaker for polar expeditions, state media said Tuesday, in a move it described as greatly boosting its ability to explor...
Scientists find Grand Canyon-sized rift under Antarctic ice
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Scientists have discovered a rift the size of the Grand Canyon hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet, which they say is contributing to ice melt and a consequent...
Tropical plankton invade Arctic waters
Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean. Apparently, they traveled thousan...
Satellites see Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)
For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly th...
Polar bear evolution tracked climate change
Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)
An analysis of newly sequenced polar bear genomes is providing important clues about the species' evolution, suggesting that climate change and genetic exchange...
Study: Himalayan glacial melt accelerating
Jul 23, 2012 (UPI)
Glacial melt in the Himalayas has been increasing over the last 30 years, a new study argues. The glaciers feed the Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers which s...
Greenland glacier loses ice
Jul 18, 2012 (SPX)
An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the Cana...
The challenges facing the vulnerable Antarctic
Jul 18, 2012 (SPX)
A century ago, the South Pole was one of Earth's last frontiers, but now the Antarctic is under threat from human activity. Led by Monash University's Professor...
Antarctica faces major threats in the 21st century, says Texas A and M researcher
Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)
The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet's last great wildern...
5.5-mile-long landslide spotted in Alaska
Jul 14, 2012 (UPI)
A massive landslide has covered about 5 1/2 miles of Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, park officials say. The National Parks Travel...
Arctic warming linked to combination of reduced sea ice and global atmospheric warming
Jul 12, 2012 (SPX)
The combination of melting sea ice and global atmospheric warming are contributing to the high rate of warming in the Arctic, where temperatures are increasing ...
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