News tagged with beaufort sea
Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat
(AP) -- The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible ...
Aug 09, 2009 |
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Polar bears no longer on 'thin ice': researchers say polar bears could face brighter future
In the snowy spring of 2009, Portland-based Marcot traveled with several colleagues onto the frozen Arctic Ocean north of Alaska to study and survey polar bear populations. These findings may have implications ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Nasa finds sea ice decline driving rise in Arctic air pollutants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study
The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Polar bear's long swim illustrates ice melt
In one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking Arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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New US offshore oil leasing plan includes Arctic
The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed a new plan for offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, including the environmentally sensitive Arctic.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Fur loss, lesions reported in Beaufort Sea polar bears
Research scientists working for the U.S. Geological Survey report that some Alaska polar bears are losing their fur.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Polar bears in southern Beaufort Sea spending more time on land and open water
A long-term study showing the changes in habitat associations of polar bears in response to sea ice conditions in the southern Beaufort Sea has implications for polar bear management in Alaska.
Jan 07, 2010 |
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CU-Boulder-led team to assess decline of Arctic sea ice in Alaska's Beaufort Sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- A national research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is embarking on a two-year, multi-pronged effort to better understand the impacts of environmental factors associated with ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
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