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Ocean warming to blame for Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
Jul 14, 2016 (UPI)
For the first time, research has established ocean warming as the primary cause of glacial retreat on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The meltwater runoff from...
NASA's Field Campaign Investigates Arctic North American Ecosystems
Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)
Sampling charred soils in Saskatchewan, outfitting robins with GPS backpacks in Alberta, and measuring the growth rates of trees in northern Alaska - scientists...
King penguins keep an ear out for predators
Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)
Sleeping king penguins react differently to the sounds of predators than to non-predators and other sounds, when they are sleeping on the beach. Research carrie...
Expanding Antarctic sea ice linked to natural variability
Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)
The recent trend of increasing Antarctic sea ice extent - seemingly at odds with climate model projections - can largely be explained by a natural climate fluct...
Vegetation in Russian Arctic has memory
Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)
The permafrost regions in the Arctic are among those areas of the world in which the temperature is rising particularly fast due to climate change. However, bio...
Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation
Jun 30, 2016 (SPX)
Antarctic sea ice is constantly on the move as powerful winds blow it away from the coast and out toward the open ocean. A new study shows how that ice migratio...
Super-slow circulation allowed world's oceans to store huge amounts of carbon during last ice age
Jun 30, 2016 (SPX)
The way the ocean transported heat, nutrients and carbon dioxide at the peak of the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago, is significantly different than what h...
Siberian larch forests are still linked to the ice age
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
The Siberian permafrost regions include those areas of the Earth, which heat up very quickly in the course of climate change. Nevertheless, biologists are curre...
Penguin population may be halved by end of century
Jun 29, 2016 (UPI)
There will be far fewer penguins in Antarctica by the end of the century as a result of rising temperatures, according to a recent study. Researchers at the Uni...
As Alaska warms, methane emissions appear stable
Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)
Analysis of nearly three decades of air samples from Alaska's North Slope shows little change in long-term methane emissions despite significant Arctic warming ...
New technique settles old debate on highest peaks in US Arctic
Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)
Finding out which is the highest mountain in the US Arctic may be the last thing on your mind, unless you are an explorer who skis from the tallest peaks around...
Permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
New research shows permafrost below shallow Arctic lakes is thawing as a result of changing winter climate. Warmer winters combined with an increase in snowfall...
Ancient DNA shows perfect storm felled Ice Age giants
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful sabre-toothed cats that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America...
Huge ancient river basin explains location of the world's fastest flowing glacier
Jun 17, 2016 (SPX)
An ancient basin hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet, discovered by researchers at the University of Bristol, may help explain the location, size and velocit...
New research reveals secrets of former subglacial lakes in North America
Jun 16, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have provided a unique glimpse into one of the least understood environments on Earth by revealing for the first time...
Russia unveils 'world's biggest' nuclear icebreaker
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
Russia on Thursday floated out a new nuclear-powered icebreaker, said to be the world's biggest and most powerful, to be used for hauling liquefied natural gas ...
Carbon dioxide biggest player in thawing permafrost
Jun 15, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon dioxide emissions from dry and oxygen-rich environments will likely strengthen the climate forcing impact of thawing permafrost on top of methane release...
Research shows Antarctic lakes are a repository for ancient soot
Jun 15, 2016 (SPX)
Remote lakes in a perpetually ice-free area of Antarctica show not only the chemical signature of ancient wildfires, but also some much more recent evidence of ...
FAA asks US pilots to be considerate of walruses
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
US pilots need to beware of flying too low and scaring walruses forced onto land in northern Alaska by global warming, the Federal Aviation Administration said ...
Russia unveils new navy icebreaker in Arctic military focus
Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)
Russia on Friday floated a new icebreaker for its navy, the first in about 45 years, in a further sign of Moscow's growing military focus on the Arctic. Built a...
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