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Sea ice loss associated with increased summer land use by polar bears
Nov 27, 2015 (SPX)
Polar bears' use of land during substantial summer sea ice loss in the Chukchi Sea increased by 30 days, according to a study published November 18, 2015 in the...
Sea level rise from Antarctic collapse may be slower than suggested
Nov 27, 2015 (SPX)
A new study by scientists in the UK and France has found that Antarctic ice sheet collapse will have serious consequences for sea level rise over the next two h...
Polar tourists see an icy world melt
Nov 26, 2015 (AFP)
They go to paddle between glistening icebergs or ski on blinding white ice, but a rising number of polar tourists get to see something else, too: the monumental...
New arrivals in Antarctica
Nov 25, 2015 (ESA)
The next crew to live and work at the Concordia Antarctic research station has arrived in the white desert. ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg wil...
Operation IceBridge Completes Twin Polar Campaigns
Nov 25, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, recently finalized two overlapping campaigns at both of Earth's poles. Down south, the mission obse...
Warm water is mixing up life in the Arctic
Nov 25, 2015 (SPX)
The warming of arctic waters in the wake of climate change is likely to produce radical changes in the marine habitats of the High North. This is indicated by d...
Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe's final Ice Age story
Nov 23, 2015 (SPX)
Molecular-based moisture indicators, remains of midges and climate simulations have provided climate scientists with the final piece to one of the most enduring...
Sea ice plays a pivotal role in the Arctic methane cycle
Nov 19, 2015 (SPX)
The ice-covered Arctic Ocean is a more important factor concerning the concentration of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere than previously assumed. Ex...
Climate change could slash polar bear numbers by 2050
Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)
Polar bears could see their numbers dwindle by nearly a third by mid-century, a top conservation body said Thursday, warning climate change poses the greatest t...
Winter isolation ends at Concordia
Nov 18, 2015 (ESA)
The first supply aircraft in over six months landed at Europe's Concordia station on 6 November, bringing long-awaited equipment, food - including fresh fruit -...
Growing Antarctic ice sheet caused ancient Mediterranean to dry up
Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)
An international research team led by a scientist at New Zealand's University of Otago has resolved the mystery of the processes involved in the Mediterranean S...
Loss of diversity near melting coastal glaciers
Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)
Melting glaciers are causing a loss of species diversity among benthos in the coastal waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, impacting an entire seafloor ecosystem...
Geophysics could slow Antarctic ice retreat
Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)
The anticipated melting of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be slowed by two big factors that are largely overlooked in current computer models, accor...
Research links tundra fires, thawing permafrost
Nov 16, 2015 (SPX)
Wildfires on Arctic tundra can contribute to widespread permafrost thaw much like blazes in forested areas, according to a study published in the most recent is...
In Greenland, Another Major Glacier Comes Undone
Nov 16, 2015 (JPL)
It's big. It's cold. And it's melting into the world's ocean. It's Zachariae Isstrom, the latest in a string of Greenland glaciers to undergo rapid change in ou...
Fossil wasps show little change in Southern California habitats since Ice Age
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
The La Brea Tar Pits, the world's richest Ice Age fossil site, is famous for saber-toothed cats, mammoths, and giant sloths, but it also has numerous insect and...
Mammal body-size responds to climate change in ancient Wyoming
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
To unravel the link between past climates and animal faunas requires an exceptional fossil record. Chew, an associate professor at Western University of Health ...
Helping the Saimaa ringed seal adapt to climate change
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
Humans can help the critically endangered Saimaa ringed seal to cope with climate change. Man-made snow drifts developed in a recent study from the University o...
Scientists have front row seat to Arctic warming
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
Prodding glacial sludge with their hands, a huddle of scientists marvel at the sight of a strange-looking millipede wriggling out of a sample lifted from the Ar...
Melting Arctic ice cap could alter global thermostat: expert
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than ever before, threatening to push so much fresh water into the North Atlantic that it could disrupt how the ocean regul...
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