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Study finds link between 2015 melting Greenland ice, faster Arctic warming
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
A new study provides the first evidence that links melting ice in Greenland to a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification - faster warming of the Arctic compare...
Greenland's 2015 melt records consistent with 'Arctic amplification'
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
Following record-high temperatures and melting records that affected northwest Greenland in summer 2015, a new study provides the first evidence linking melting...
NASA's Operation IceBridge Completes 2016 Arctic Spring Campaign
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne survey of polar ice, ended its eighth spring Arctic campaign on May 21. During their five weeks of operations, mission scie...
What Satellites Show About Arctic Climate Change
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
It is not news that Earth has been warming rapidly over the last 100 years as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere. But not all warming has been happen...
NASA studies details of a greening Arctic
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, according to a NASA study that provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Ca...
Antarctic coastline images reveal 4 decades of ice loss to ocean
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
Part of Antarctica has been losing ice to the ocean for far longer than had been expected, satellite pictures reveal. A study of images along 2000km of West Ant...
USGS assesses carbon potential of Alaska lands
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
In comparison to the lower 48 states, Alaskan forests, wetlands and permafrost contain larger stores of carbon, according to the first-of-its-kind assessment re...
Nepal seeks to drain giant glacial lake near Everest
Jun 03, 2016 (AFP)
Nepali soldiers have kicked off efforts to partially drain a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, fearing possible flooding that could threaten the lives of t...
Bee populations expanded during global warming after the last Ice Age
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
The Australian small carpenter bee populations appear to have dramatically flourished in the period of global warming following the last Ice Age some 18,000 yea...
Arctic Ocean methane does not reach the atmosphere
May 31, 2016 (SPX)
250 methane flares release the climate gas methane from the seabed and into the Arctic Ocean. During the summer months this leads to an increased methane concen...
Deep, old water explains why Antarctic Ocean hasn't warmed
May 31, 2016 (SPX)
The waters surrounding Antarctica may be one of the last places to experience human-driven climate change. New research from the University of Washington and th...
Canada not adapting fast enough to extreme weather: parliament
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
Canada is not doing enough to track extreme weather and update infrastructure to mitigate the rising costs of storm damage, parliament's environmental watchdog ...
Current atmospheric models underestimate the dirtiness of Arctic air
May 27, 2016 (SPX)
Black carbon aerosols - particles of carbon that rise into the atmosphere when biomass, agricultural waste, and fossil fuels are burned in an incomplete way - a...
Northern invaders threaten Antarctic marine life
May 26, 2016 (SPX)
An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found evidence that marine life can easily invade Antarctic waters from the north, an...
McDonald's in 'historic' agreement to contain Arctic cod fishing
May 25, 2016 (AFP)
Food giants McDonald's and Tesco have signed a "historic" agreement to not expand cod fishing into untouched parts of the Arctic, where the ice melt has sparked...
A history of snowfall on Greenland, hidden in ancient leaf waxes
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
The history of Greenland's snowfall is chronicled in an unlikely place: the remains of aquatic plants that died long ago, collecting at the bottom of lakes in h...
Virginia Tech researchers in the Antarctic discover new facets of space weather
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
A team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported researchers at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) discovered new evid...
Study Helps Explain Sea Ice Differences at Earth's Poles
May 24, 2016 (JPL)
Why has the sea ice cover surrounding Antarctica been increasing slightly, in sharp contrast to the drastic loss of sea ice occurring in the Arctic Ocean? A new...
Will more snow over Antarctica offset rising seas
May 20, 2016 (SPX)
Many factors related to warming will conspire to raise the planet's oceans over coming decades - thermal expansion of the world's oceans, melting of snow and ic...
Evidence of repeated rapid retreat of the East Antarctic ice sheet
May 20, 2016 (SPX)
Research published in the journal Nature on May 19, 2016 has revealed that vast regions of the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica are fundamentally unstable and ...
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