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#1321862021-12-15
Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm
Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below.
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#1321892021-12-15
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
The ice shelf was cracking up. Surveys showed warm ocean water eroding its underbelly. Satellite imagery revealed long, parallel fissures in the frozen expanse, like scratches from some clawed monster. One fracture grew so big, so fast, scientists took to calling it “the dagger.”
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#1321632021-12-14
Thwaites: Antarctic glacier heading for dramatic change
Scientists are warning of dramatic changes at one of the biggest glaciers in Antarctica, potentially within the next five to 10 years.
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#1321642021-12-14
Arctic heat record is like Mediterranean, says UN
The highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, 38C (100F), has been officially confirmed, sounding "alarm bells" over Earth's changing climate.
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#1320432021-12-03
Why increased rainfall in the Arctic is bad news for the whole world
While a reduction in frozen ocean surface is one of the most widely recognised impacts of Arctic warming, it has also long been anticipated that a warmer Arctic will be a wetter one too, with more intense cycling of water between land, atmosphere and ocean.
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#1319842021-11-29
Climate tipping points: The Arctic is a bellwether for irreversible change
The warship HMS Terror lies at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean in the Northwest passage, lost in 1848 after two grueling years stuck in the Arctic ice. Rescue missions launched to recover the ship in 1851 suffered the same fate, crushed under the year-round ice that encased Northern Canada and th ...
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#1275112021-03-04
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic
The Arctic is once again at the centre of geopolitical and strategic discussions, mainly for one reason – climate change – and it is imperative to act now, write Virginijus Sinkevičius and Boris Herrmann.
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#1244112020-02-27
Antarctic ice walls protect glaciers from warm ocean water
Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The planet's oceans are capable of storing a lot more heat than Earth's atmosphere.
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#1221142019-09-04
Daring scientists extract ice from Earth's highest tropical glacier
Researchers race to retrieve ice amid protests by local residents.
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#1219672019-08-20
2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record
Arctic sea ice volume plunged to new lows last month with a July average of just 8,800 cubic kilometers (2,111 cubic miles) of ice remaining atop the Arctic Ocean.
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#1217032019-07-25
Arctic wildfires continue to burn, releasing record amounts of CO2
July 25 (UPI) -- Wildfires are raging across the Arctic as warm, dry conditions persist across the region. Satellite images have revealed wildfires burning in Alaska, Greenland and throughout Siberia.
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#1215162019-07-09
Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible
Thwaites glacier is likely to thaw and trigger 50cm sea level rise, US study suggests
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#1214422019-07-02
Climate change: Antarctic Peninsula 'can still avoid irreversible change'
Even if global warming can be kept to a 1.5-degree Celsius rise from pre-industrial times, the Antarctic Peninsula is set for some big changes.
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#1214002019-06-26
Greenland Ice Sheet: 'More than 50 hidden lakes' detected
Scientists have identified more than 50 new lakes of liquid water lying under the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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#1213312019-06-17
The complex fate of Antarctic species in the face of a changing climate
Oxygen concentrations in both the open ocean and coastal waters have declined by 2-5% since at least the middle of the 20th century.
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#1210152019-05-10
Antarctic biodiversity hotspots exist wherever penguins and seals poop
Scientists have found that on the desolate Antarctic peninsula, nitrogen-rich poop from colonies of penguins and seals enriches the soil so well that it helps create biodiversity hotspots throughout the region.
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#1208582019-04-25
Antarctic penguins suffer catastrophic breeding failure
The second largest Emperor penguin colony on Earth has suffered a "catastrophic" breeding failure after nearly all chicks born over three years died as their icy Antarctic habitat shrinks, researchers said Thursday.
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#1775COP 10
2010-10-28
Arctic Biodiversity: status and trends
A review of the current status and trends in Arctic Biodiversity. And an overview of ongoing work by the Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna working group (CAFF) of the Arctic Council e.g. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment and the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme etc. CAFFs misi ...
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#2226COP 10
2010-10-27
When parks are not enough: Ecosystem resilience and change in the Arctic
Event provides for discussion of new application of the ecosystem approach to move from current preservation of species/habitats/systems as they are now and “always” to focus on building resilience for terrestrial and marine ecosystems to address challenge of management through change and under ...