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Even moderate warming could melt Antarctic ice sheet: study
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
As the pace of climate change rapidly outstrips mankind's attempts to rein it in, scientists delved into the distant past of glaciers in eastern Antarctica to p...
China launches first home-made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2
Sep 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
Xuelong 2, also known as Snow Dragon 2, has an operational range of roughly 20,000 nautical miles and is able to break through ice up to 1.5 meters thick at a t...
Melting permafrost threatens climate rescue plan: study
Sep 17, 2018 (AFP)
Under the current rescue plan, outlined in the 2015 Paris climate treaty, countries have agreed to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Ce...
UNM, USF scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial
Sep 14, 2018 (SPX)
The last interglacial period about 127,000 to 116,000 years ago was the last time sea level was as high as or even higher than present-day sea-level. Understand...
Wetlands are key for accurate greenhouse gas measurements in the Arctic
Sep 13, 2018 (SPX)
Warming of Arctic soils and thawing of permafrost can have substantial consequences for the global climate, as the large C stored in soils could be released to ...
Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term
Sep 13, 2018 (SPX)
A study led by the University of Washington has discovered a new clue to this region's behavior: A volcano under the ice sheet has left an almost 6,000-year rec...
NASA space lasers to reveal new depths of planet's ice loss
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
The half-ton satellite, about the size of a smart-car, is scheduled to blast off atop a Delta II rocket on September 15 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califo...
Cave features suggest stable sea levels during last interglacial period
Sep 10, 2018 (UPI)
The interglacial period was the last time Earth was as warm as it is now. It was also the last time sea levels were as high as they are now. Until now, scientis...
Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers but profoundly changed Earth's climate
Sep 07, 2018 (SPX)
A study published in the journal Scientific Reports provides new evidence that ancient farming practices led to a rise in the atmospheric emission of the heat-t...
In warming Arctic, major rivers show surprising changes in carbon chemistry
Sep 07, 2018 (SPX)
But new research suggests that the same factors driving the Arctic's changing climate are fueling a geological response that could play a small part in countera...
Antarctic iceberg A-68 is on the move after year-long standstill
Sep 05, 2018 (UPI)
A-68 split from the Larsen C ice shelf last July. Scientists predicted the giant iceberg would begin to fragment shortly after its separation. But over the last...
Archived heat has reached deep into the Arctic interior
Sep 04, 2018 (SPX)
That "archived" heat, currently trapped below the surface, has the potential to melt the region's entire sea-ice pack if it reaches the surface, researchers say...
A new permafrost gas mysterium
Aug 30, 2018 (SPX)
These compounds are not greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. VOCs are known to be released from plants for example to cope with stress and to commu...
Warm water has penetrated the Arctic interior
Aug 30, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists have identified a mass of "archived" heat trapped beneath the Arctic surface. The mass of warm water originated from hundreds of miles away, but has ...
Ecosystems are getting greener in the Arctic
Aug 29, 2018 (SPX)
Now, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have developed a new approach that may ...
NASA gets up close with Greenland's melting ice
Aug 24, 2018 (JPL)
OMG's first two years of operations already collected the most comprehensive data available on the subject, but OMG Principal Investigator Josh Willis of NASA's...
Unexpected Future Boost of Methane Possible from Arctic Permafrost
Aug 23, 2018 (SPX)
The impact on the climate may mean an influx of permafrost-derived methane into the atmosphere in the mid-21st century, which is not currently accounted for in ...
Greening continues across Arctic ecosystems
Aug 21, 2018 (UPI)
As global temperatures continue to rise, especially in the Arctic, the polar region's ecosystems are getting greener. But until now, scientists hadn't studied t...
Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperatures
Aug 16, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists studying seawater temperatures in the Amundsen Sea - part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) - found a cycle of warming and cooling in the ocean ...
Glacier depth affects plankton blooms off Greenland
Aug 16, 2018 (SPX)
There, among other things, the meltwater contributes to global sea-level rise. But does it also change the chemistry and biology of the oceans? According to a c...
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