News tagged with sea ice
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Last tango in space
Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA’s ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again – for the last time. Data from this final duet are generating 3D models ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2010 |
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NASA airborne science campaign begins antarctic sequel
Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region's changing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Sea ice melting as Arctic temperature rises
(AP) -- The temperature is rising again in the Arctic, with the sea ice extent dropping to one of the lowest levels on record, climate scientists reported Thursday.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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NOAA: Global temperature ties for warmest on record
The first nine months of 2010 tied with the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record. The global average land surface temperature for January-September was ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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UBC underwater robot to explore Antarctic ice (w/ Video)
Researchers at the University of British Columbia are deploying an underwater robot to survey ice-covered ocean in Antarctica from October 17 through November 12.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Arctic sea ice extent falls to third-lowest extent; downward trend persists
This September, Arctic sea ice extent was the third-lowest in the satellite record, falling below the extent reached last summer. The lowest- and second-lowest extents occurred in 2007 and 2008. Satellite ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Sentinels of climate change
Ice currently covers more than 10 percent of our watery planet, yet its volume is continuing to decline at a staggering pace in response to our warming world.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Arctic sea ice shrinks to third lowest area on record (Update)
Arctic sea ice melted over the summer to cover the third smallest area on record, US researchers said Wednesday, warning global warming could leave the region ice free in the month of September 2030.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Arctic sea ice captured by satellite
The Arctic Ocean is covered by a dynamic layer of sea ice that grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. While the 2010 minimum remains to be seen, NASA's Aqua ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Melting sea ice forces walruses ashore in Alaska
(AP) -- Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted.
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap loss
Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Earth from space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait
ESA's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. This animation shows that the iceberg, the largest in the northern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Ancient Australian reef raises hopes for coral as seas warm
Australian scientists Thursday said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise.
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Critical polar data flows briskly to researchers
Operation IceBridge -- a NASA airborne mission to observe changes in Earth's rapidly changing polar land ice and sea ice -- is soon to embark on its fourth field season in October. The mission is now paralleled ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Marine animals suggest evidence for a trans-Antarctic seaway
A tiny marine filter-feeder, that anchors itself to the sea bed, offers new clues to scientists studying the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - a region that is thought to be vulnerable to collapse.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2010 |
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