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Twentieth century warming allowed moose to colonize the Alaskan tundra
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
The establishment of moose in tundra regions of Alaska was the result of warmer and longer summers that increased their shrub habitat, according to a study publ...
Satellite images reveal dramatic tropical glacier retreat
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have obtained high resolution satellite images that paint a stark picture of how tropical glaciers in the Pacific have retreated over the past decade...
Heat wave triggers Greenland's ice melting season two months early
Apr 13, 2016 (UPI)
As much as 12 percent of Greenland is melting, according to measurements taken on Monday by scientists with the Danish Meteorological Institute. It's a record-e...
Six to 10 million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole
Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have managed to open a new window i...
Hungry penguins chase Antarctic's shifting krill
Apr 08, 2016 (AFP)
Waddling over the rocks, legions of penguins hurl themselves into the icy waters of Antarctica, foraging to feed their young. Like seals and whales, they eat kr...
Summer melt-driven streams on Greenland's ice sheet brought into focus
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Erosion by summertime melt-driven streams on Greenland's ice sheet shapes landscapes similarly to, but much faster than, rivers do on land, says a University of...
New cause of exceptional Greenland melt revealed
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada's York University, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found that the climate models commonly used...
Plant gases can counteract Arctic climate change
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Plant gasses possibly dampen the temperature rise in Greenland. Plants emit compounds to deter pests or attract pollinators, and as a side effect particles are ...
Canada must establish new Arctic shipping policies: report
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
The Canadian government needs to establish ecologically and socially sound policies for Arctic Ocean shipping amid an increase in traffic through the fragile ar...
Internal heat drives rapid ice flow and subglacial melting in Greenland
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
To understand Greenland's ice of today researchers have to go far back into Earth's history. The island's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its dist...
North Atlantic played pivotal role in last great climate tipping point
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
North Atlantic played pivotal role in last great climate tipping point, research shows. The North Atlantic Ocean played a key role in the last great tipping poi...
Ice Age Antarctic Ocean gives clue to 'missing' atmospheric carbon dioxide
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
Climate is not constant on Earth. Consider ice ages coming and going as an example. Parallel to ice age cycles, atmospheric carbon dioxide reduces during glacia...
ONR researchers explore arctic land and sea at Navy ICEX
Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)
As the Navy's Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016 winds to a close this week in the frigid waters of the Arctic Ocean, officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have...
Freezing plants to predict the fate of the Arctic
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
In January 2014, a group of researchers conducted an unusual, some might say paradoxical, experiment in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard: Their goal was to en...
Sea-Level rise from Antarctic ice sheet could double
Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)
An ice sheet model that includes previously underappreciated processes indicates that sea level may rise almost 50 feet by 2500 due to Antarctic ice sheet melti...
Greenland melting tied to shrinking Arctic sea ice
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Vanishing Arctic sea ice. Dogged weather systems over Greenland. Far-flung surface ice melting on the massive island. These dramatic trends and global sea-level...
2016 Arctic Sea Ice Wintertime Extent Hits Another Record Low
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA-supported Nation...
Digging deeper: Study improves permafrost models, reduces uncertainties
Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)
Uncertainties are a fact of life for those who model climate change and the factors that amplify or moderate its effects. One important dynamic in climate chang...
A glance into the future of the Arctic
Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)
Throughout the Arctic, ice wedges are thawing at a rapid pace. Changes to these structures, which are very common in permafrost landscapes, have a massive impac...
Climate warming accelerating carbon loss from thawing Arctic soils
Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)
Warmer, wetter conditions in the Arctic are accelerating the loss of carbon stored in tundra and permafrost soils, creating a potential positive feedback that f...
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