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Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
The study's findings are significant, given that some predict the West Antarctic ice sheet could melt quickly due to global warming. If the East Antarctic ice s...
Scientists are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patches
Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)
Participants will be responsible for not only collecting the data, but also coming up with creative ways to organize and use the data. The effort -- supported b...
Melting of Greenland glacier to speed up: study
Aug 16, 2017 (AFP)
Greenland contains enough ice to make the sea level mount 23 feet (seven meters) if it were to melt completely. The findings in the journal Science Advances sho...
Not all glaciers in Antarctica have been affected by climate change
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
Published online ahead of print for the journal Geology, the study found that the pattern of glacier advance and retreat has not changed along the western Ross ...
Researchers crack the 'Karakoram anomaly'
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
Publishing their findings in Nature Climate Change, the team from Newcastle University, UK, have identified a large scale circulation system - or vortex - centr...
Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
The findings suggest that even abrupt, short-lived climate events can cause long-term alterations in polar regions that unfold over the span of several years an...
Alaska's North Slope snow-free season is lengthening
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
"The timing of snowmelt and length of the snow-free season significantly impacts weather, the permafrost, and wildlife - in short, the Arctic terrestrial system...
Loss of Arctic sea ice impacting Atlantic Ocean water circulation system
Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists at Yale University and the University of Southampton say the ongoing Arctic ice loss can play an active role in altering one of the planet's largest ...
Glaciers may have helped warm Earth
Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)
Mark Torres, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, took a data-driven dive into the mechanics of weathering by glaciation over ...
Rusting fool's gold in glaciers a sign of increased carbon
Aug 03, 2017 (SPX)
Perhaps most interestingly, researchers say, it is the elevated oxidation of pyrite, popularly known as "fool's gold," in the glacial breakdown that produces in...
N.Y. Air National Guard pilots train for arctic operations with LC-130 ski-planes
Aug 02, 2017 (UPI)
The 109th deploys 10 of the LC-130 aircraft, also known as the Skibird, in support of the National Science Foundation's remote research stations in Antarctica a...
Larsen-C update: Open ocean visible between iceberg and ice shelf
Aug 02, 2017 (UPI)
Since the iceberg calved in early July, the massive chunk of ice has been slowly drifting away from the Larsen-C ice shelf. There is now a three mile gap betwee...
Two Decades of Changes in Helheim Glacier
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
Between 2000 and 2005, Helheim quickly increased the rate at which it dumped ice to the sea, while also rapidly retreating inland a behavior also seen in other ...
Methane-eating microbes may curb gas emissions as Antarctic ice sheets melt
Jul 31, 2017 (UPI)
When researchers analyzed water and sediment samples from Antarctica's subglacial Whillans Lake -- a first -- they determined microbes consume 99 percent of met...
A new model yields insights into glaciers' retreats and advances
Jul 26, 2017 (SPX)
Lead author and UAF geophysics doctoral student Douglas Brinkerhoff said the study in Nature Communications reveals that shifting sediments drive the cycles amo...
NASA flights gauge summer sea ice melt in the Arctic
Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)
Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne survey of polar ice, launched a short campaign on July 17 from Thule Air Base, in northwest Greenland. Weather permitting, ...
Thawing permafrost releases old greenhouse gas
Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)
This is shown in a study in the Mackenzie Delta (Canada), conducted by scientists from the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, the Alfred Wegener Instit...
Sentinel satellite captures birth of behemoth iceberg
Jul 13, 2017 (ESA)
The fissure first appeared several years ago, but seemed relatively stable until January 2016, when it began to lengthen. In January 2017 alone it travelled 20 ...
Massive iceberg
Jul 13, 2017 (SPX)
The calving of the massive new iceberg was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite, and confirmed by the Visible ...
Warm Winter Events in Arctic Becoming More Frequent, Lasting Longer
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
Because fall and winter is when Arctic sea ice grows and thickens, warmer winter air temperatures will further impede ice growth and expansion, accelerating the...
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