Global ice loss increases at record rate
The rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2021
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News tagged with arctic sea ice
Study demonstrates interconnectedness of Arctic and North Pacific on multimillennial timescales
Arctic sea ice is rapidly diminishing due to global warming, and scientists have found that sea ice dynamics have a big impact on circulation and precipitation patterns in Arctic Alaska, which lies at a climatological crossroads ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2021
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Washing your clothes can create Arctic microplastic pollution
Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by washing their clothes, scientists said Tuesday after research found the majority of microplastics in Arctic seawater were polyester ...
Environment
Jan 12, 2021
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Ice arches holding Arctic's 'last ice area' in place are at risk, researcher says
Snugged up against the upper edges of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland lies the oldest and thickest sea ice in the world, covering hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of ocean. Arctic sea ice grows and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2021
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Scientists find the error source of a sea-ice model varies with the season
Arctic sea ice has been rapidly declining in recent decades. These changes can have a significant impact on global weather and climate through interactions with the atmosphere and oceans. In addition, the Arctic shipping ...
Environment
Jan 4, 2021
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Copernicus Sentinel-1 captures image of Rovaniemi, Lapland from orbit
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lapland, the largest and northernmost region of Finland, just in time for Christmas.
Environment
Dec 18, 2020
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Beluga whistles and clicks could be silenced by an increasingly noisy Arctic Ocean
Under the sea ice, the Arctic Ocean is one of the quietest places on Earth. But it can be very noisy when the ice is forming and breaking up or during storms and when glaciers are calving.
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2020
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As sea ice disappears, a greener and browner Arctic emerges
Arctic sea ice has been in steep decline over the past two decades. A study of tundra shrubs published today in the journal PNAS shows that as sea ice disappears, the Arctic is becoming both greener and browner.
Environment
Dec 15, 2020
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The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stop
Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters.
Environment
Dec 10, 2020
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Synthesis study demonstrates phytoplankton can bloom below Arctic sea ice
Small photosynthetic marine algae are a key component of the Arctic marine ecosystem but their role for the ecology of the Arctic Ocean have been underestimated for decades. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists who ...
Environment
Nov 19, 2020
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