Rainy days on track to double in the Arctic by 2100
Today, more snow than rain falls in the Arctic, but this is expected to reverse by the end of the century. A new study shows the frequency of rainy days in the Arctic could roughly double by 2100.
Today, more snow than rain falls in the Arctic, but this is expected to reverse by the end of the century. A new study shows the frequency of rainy days in the Arctic could roughly double by 2100.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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The sunset had an orange glow and so does the new heat alert level for Paris.
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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(Phys.org) —NASA's Operation IceBridge scientists have begun another season of research activity over Arctic ice sheets and sea ice with the first of a series of science flights from Greenland completed on Wednesday.
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2013
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A team of scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has just completed an airborne measurement campaign ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2012
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Most research initiatives aim to discover more knowledge. The International Polar Year (IPY) went even further; it created more discoverers.
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2012
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The research aircraft Polar 5 of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association returned to Bremerhaven from a six-week expedition in the high Arctic on May 6. Joint flights with aircraft ...
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2011
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The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2024
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A new report by UArctic highlights the growing diversity and number of research activities across the Arctic. UArctic is a collaboration between academic institutions and other organizations with an interest in northern regions. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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How important is marine microbiology to clouds in the summertime high Arctic and how important is this connection for climate in the region? This is a key focus of a research expedition on the Swedish icebreaker Oden that ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2018
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A publication on early results from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) on climate change in the Arctic appears in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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