News tagged with arctic ocean

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ESA's CryoSat-2 and NASA's DC-8 star in Arctic cooperation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of NASA's 'Operation Ice Bridge' campaign, measurements of Arctic sea ice have been acquired from an aircraft flying under CryoSat-2's orbital path. These measurements offer ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

And the heat goes on: warmest March on record

(AP) -- And the heat goes on. Last month was the warmest March on record worldwide, based on records back to 1880, scientists reported Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Ice sheet melt identified as trigger of Big Freeze

The main cause of a rapid global cooling period, known as the Big Freeze or Younger Dryas - which occurred nearly 13,000 years ago - has been identified thanks to the help of an academic at the University of Sheffield.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (28) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

What, or who, killed the last mammoths?

The last known population of woolly mammoths, roaming a remote Arctic island long after humans invented writing, were wiped out quickly, reports a study released Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

CryoSat-2 ice mission ready for launch

(PhysOrg.com) -- A UK-led CryoSat-2 satellite designed to monitor changes in ice cover at the poles will launch at 13:57 UK time on 8 April 2010 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

British team trek to measure CO2 in Arctic Ocean

Three British explorers set out on a skiing expedition on Monday across 500 kilometers (310 miles) of floating sea ice to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

China looks to 'combustible ice' as a fuel source

(PhysOrg.com) -- Buried below the tundra of China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a type of frozen natural gas containing methane and ice crystals that could supply energy to China for 90 years. China discovered ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Study: Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting

A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (31) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Missing 'Ice Arches' Contributed to 2007 Arctic Ice Loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2007, the Arctic lost a massive amount of thick, multiyear sea ice, contributing to that year's record-low extent of Arctic sea ice. A new NASA-led study has found that the record loss ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Melting tundra creating vast river of waste into Arctic Ocean

The increase in temperature in the Arctic has already caused the sea-ice there to melt. According to research conducted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, if the Arctic tundra also melts, vast amounts ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Computer simulation strengthens link between climate change and release of subsea methane

(PhysOrg.com) -- A first-of-its-kind computer simulation that mirrors real-world observations of methane bubbling up from a seabed in the Arctic Ocean provides further evidence that warming oceans may unleash ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (26) | comments 73

Understanding ocean climate

High-resolution computer simulations performed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are helping to understand the inflow of North Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and how ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months

In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 7

Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'

The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (32) | comments 21

Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain

(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0