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On thin ice: Disappearing zooplankton could collapse Arctic food chain

Mar 30, 2017 (UPI)

On – and under – the surface, Arctic zooplankton aren't much to look at. For starters, many species are microscopic. Closer examination often reveals spindl...

CryoSat reveals Antarctica in 3D

Mar 27, 2017 (ESA)

Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA's CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of t...

Photographer captures world's glacier melt over decade

Mar 25, 2017 (AFP)

For the last decade, American photographer James Balog has been on a mission to document climate change through his camera lens. His effort has taken him to the...

Researchers ponder conundrum of disappearing Arctic caribou

Mar 23, 2017 (UPI)

Vast herds of caribou roaming the barren tundra are among the most iconic images of Arctic wildlife. But today, most of the world's barren-ground caribou and re...

Sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached on March 7 a record low wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow a...

Extensive ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia - famous for its wildlife - was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results ...

To the Arctic for CryoSat and beyond

Mar 21, 2017 (ESA)

After the relative quiet of the long dark winter months, the Arctic will be a tad busier over the coming weeks as numerous researchers descend on this harsh, ye...

Last remnant of North American ice sheet on track to vanish

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

The last piece of the ice sheet that once blanketed much of North America is doomed to disappear in the next several centuries, says a new study by researchers ...

Preserving the memory of glaciers

Mar 18, 2017 (AFP)

Locked up in about 140 metres (460 feet) of ice capping a Bolivian mountain lie 18,000 years of climate history, dating back to an epoch when humans were only j...

NASA's ICESat-2 to Provide More Depth to Sea Ice Forecasts

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

In March, the Arctic sea ice pack is supposed to reach its greatest extent - but this year it's far below average, off by an area about the size of Texas and Ne...

How to conserve polar bears and maintain subsistence harvest

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Polar bears are listed as a threatened species as the ice-covered ocean they depend on for hunting and transportation becomes scarce. Changes in the Arctic Ocea...

With climate change shrubs and trees expand northwards in the Subarctic

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Shrubs expand in the tundra in northern Scandinavia. And it is known that fixation of nitrogen from the air is in the tundra to a high degree performed by cyano...

Looking for 'fingerprints' at the intersection of weather and climate

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists have found the seasonal "fingerprints" of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena in a new study that probes the global interactions bet...

Ice age thermostat prevented extreme climate cooling

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations swung over a range of 100 ppm (parts per million, by volume) during the ice ages. The exact processes behind this variation have ...

A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

What caused the largest glaciation event in Earth's history, known as 'snowball Earth'? Geologists and climate scientists have been searching for the answer for...

Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change. Many scientists have suspected that the trend now und...

Searching for polar bears on Alaska's North Slope

Mar 15, 2017 (UPI)

On a frigid March day in 2011, workers with ENI Petroleum were busy moving construction equipment on and off Spy Island, a man-made offshore drill site in the B...

Increased water availability may release more nutrients into soil in Antarctica

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

As climate change continues to impact the Antarctic, glacier melt and permafrost thaw are likely to make more liquid water available to soil and aquatic ecosyst...

Antarctic penguin numbers double previous estimates: scientists

Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)

Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that hav...

NASA's aerial survey of polar ice expands its Arctic reach

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar ice, has produced unprecedented three-dimensional views of A...