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Defense bill calls for military port on Arctic Ocean
Jun 24, 2019 (UPI)
The action is meant to counter Russian advances in the Arctic, notably by its submarine fleet, as the ocean warms and becomes easier to navigate. The 2020 Natio...
Himalayan glaciers melting twice as fast: study
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
The study, which appeared in Science Advances on Wednesday, is the latest indication that climate change is eating the Himalayan glaciers, threatening water sup...
Arctic could face another scorching annus horribilis
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
"It's possible that we could break the records set in 2012 for both lowest Arctic sea ice extent ... and for record high Greenland ice sheet melt," warned Ruth ...
Jakobshavn glacier grows for third straight year
Jun 18, 2019 (JPL)
These images, produced using GLISTIN-A radar data as part of NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, show how much mass the glacier gained from 2016-17, ...
Hungry polar bear found wandering in Russia industrial city
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
Images of the visibly exhausted animal roaming the roads of the Arctic city in search of food have been widely shared on social media in Russia. "He is still mo...
Warming waters threaten large invertebrates in the Arctic
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
As global warming heats the planet's oceans, oxygen levels are declining across a variety of marine ecosystems. Since the middle of the 20th century, scientists...
2,000 air force personnel from 4 nations join Red Flag-Alaska exercises
Jun 14, 2019 (UPI)
The majority of the aircraft, from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the South Korean Air Force, the Royal Thai Air Force and the U.S. Air Force, are flying fro...
Senate calls on Canada to take a firm stand on Arctic sovereignty
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
In a report, the committee said Ottawa must regulate shipping and enhance maritime and aerial surveillance in the Arctic, as well as improve the Canadian Coast ...
Could climate change make Siberia habitable for humans?
Jun 10, 2019 (SPX)
A study team from the Krasnoyarsk Federal Research Center, Russia, and the National Institute of Aerospace, USA, used current and predicted climate scenarios to...
Russia opens first Arctic train service
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
"The Arctic fascinates everybody," said Nurlan Mukash executive director of the German Lernidee Erlebnisreisen tour group behind the project. "This destination ...
Powerful deep-ocean vents fuel phytoplankton blooms off Antarctica
Jun 05, 2019 (UPI)
According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, powerful hydrothermal vents are propelling streams of warm, mineral-rich water to...
Patagonia's ice sheets are more massive than scientists thought
Jun 04, 2019 (UPI)
"We did not think the ice fields on the Patagonian plateau could be quite that substantial," Eric Rignot, professor of earth sciences at the University of Calif...
Asia's glaciers provide buffer against drought
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist Dr Hamish Pritchard found that during droughts, glaciers become the largest supplier of water to some of Asia's majo...
Study of northern Alaska could rewrite Arctic history
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
The finding updates the geological evolution of the Arctic Ocean and could help revise predictions about the Arctic's oil, gas and mineral wealth. By explaining...
Climate change killing off Bering Sea puffins, say scientists
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
At first they suspected the seabirds might have avian flu -- but labs on the mainland soon ruled out any disease, finding that the seabirds known for their brig...
Widespread permafrost degradation seen in high Arctic terrain
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
A McGill-led study published recently in Environmental Research Letters presents close to 30 years of aerial surveys and extensive ground mapping of the Eureka ...
As planet warms, Arctic lakes, rivers will lose their biodiversity
May 22, 2019 (UPI)
According to a report, the trend could cause regional extinctions, resulting in a tremendous loss of biodiversity in Arctic lakes and rivers. The recently publi...
Scientists discovered an entirely new reason for methane venting from the Arctic Shelf
May 22, 2019 (SPX)
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and one of the major global climate change drivers. Following many years of observation in the Arctic region, Russian scien...
A quarter of glacier ice in West Antarctica is now unstable
May 20, 2019 (ESA)
A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters describes how the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) used over 800 million measurements of A...
Ice-sheet variability during the last ice age from the perspective of marine sediment
May 20, 2019 (SPX)
Knowledge regarding the nature of past climate variability is essential for understanding current climate change and providing context for interpretation of mod...
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