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Local destabilization can cause complete loss of West Antarctica's ice masses
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
The huge West Antarctic ice sheet would collapse completely if the comparatively small Amundsen Basin is destabilized, scientists of the Potsdam Institute for C...
Less ice, more water in Arctic Ocean by 2050s
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
By the 2050s, parts of the Arctic Ocean once covered by sea ice much of the year will see at least 60 days a year of open water, according to a new modeling stu...
Eavesdropping on Bering Strait marine mammals
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
Climate change hasn't been kind to the Arctic Circle, as evidenced by the decrease of seasonal ice in the area and the encroachment of temperate species. One wa...
Ancient Pollen Reveals Droughts between Sierra Nevada Glacier Surges
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
Hidden below the surface of California's Central Valley are pollen grains from the Pleistocene that are providing scientists with clues to the severity of droug...
The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation
Nov 06, 2015 (SPX)
New research shows that the ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was carried by the atmosphere across the country, where it fell with ...
U.S. Army, Air Force deploy Strykers north of Arctic Circle
Nov 06, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army teamed up with the U.S. Air Force in deploying Stryker vehicles north of the Arctic Circle for the first time. The deployment was part of a multi-...
West Antarctic coastal snow accumulation rose 30 percent past century
Nov 05, 2015 (SPX)
Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically during the 20th century, according to a new study published in the Americ...
Mummified seals reveal ecological impact of ice change
Nov 02, 2015 (SPX)
Over the last 7,500 years, the area surrounding the Ross Sea has undergone dramatic environmental change. Once an open body of water; a large, land-fast ice she...
Satellites shed light on Greenland Ice Sheet response to warming
Nov 02, 2015 (SPX)
Parts of Greenland's ice sheet have been found to be less vulnerable to climate warming than was thought - a discovery that could have a small but beneficial im...
Arctic attracting new military scrutiny
Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)
In 2013, US President Barack Obama said the Arctic was "peaceful, stable, and free of conflict" as he laid out a national strategy for the region. But just two ...
Fishing main hurdle to Antarctic marine reserves: Australia
Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)
Access to fishing was the main stumbling block to agreement on two vast marine reserves in Antarctica, the head of the Australian delegation to international ta...
Deal on Antarctic marine sanctuaries fails
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
International efforts to create two vast marine sanctuaries to protect the pristine wilderness of Antarctica failed Friday for the fifth time, but delegates sai...
NASA finds mass gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet greater than losses
Oct 30, 2015 (SPX)
A new NASA study says that an increase in Antarctic snow accumulation that began 10,000 years ago is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh th...
Nordic seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans
Oct 30, 2015 (SPX)
The cooling of the Nordic Seas towards modern temperatures started in the early Pliocene, half a million years before the global oceans cooled. A new study of f...
Mammoths might have survived except for bad 'mineral diet'
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
At the end of the Pleistocene mammoths of Northern Eurasia used to experience chronic mineral hunger. As a result they became extinct due to geochemical stress ...
Land-Facing, Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet Movement Decreasing
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
In the face of decades of increasing temperatures and surface melting, the movement of the southwest portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet that terminates on land ...
Ancient permafrost quickly transforms to carbon dioxide upon thaw
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and key academic partners including the University of Colorado Boulder have quantified how rapidly ancient permafros...
Alaskan soil thaw sends carbon directly back into atmosphere
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Samples of permafrost soil from deep below the ground in an Alaskan tunnel are providing new clues in the quest to understand what exactly happens as northern r...
Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
University of Utah scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together at an Alaskan campsite 11,500 years ago. They found the infan...
China plans regular shipping services through Arctic
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
China's biggest shipping company COSCO intends to launch regular services through the Arctic Ocean to Europe, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, as global warming make...
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