Polar bears and Inuit communities have become victims in the public war of words on climate change and wildlife conservation, according to researchers from Britain and Canada.
Ecology
Jan 21, 2014
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The bitter chill gripping North America is a result of Arctic air that has spilled southwards, and global warming may be a cause, an expert said on Monday.
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2014
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As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, and by now you might have seen dramatic images of passengers on stranded icebreaker Akademik Shokalskiy being rescued by helicopter last Friday after becoming lodged ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2014
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Research conducted by a team that included scientists from British Antarctic Survey reveals the ocean current moving around the South Pole flowed at much the same speed in the last ice age as it has done in much more recent ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2013
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Enjoy views of the martian north pole from all angles in this new animation from ESA's Mars Express.
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2013
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Columbia climatologist Maureen Raymo is trying to predict the planet's future by looking to its past.
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2013
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Recently NASA reported that this year's maximum wintertime extent of Antarctic sea ice was the largest on record, even greater than the previous year's record.
Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2013
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Researchers expect the climate to become warmer in the future and predict that climate change will have a significant impact on the Arctic. How will a warming Arctic affect the polar bears?
Ecology
Sep 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Much attention is paid to melting sea ice in the Arctic. But less clear is the situation on the other side of the planet. Despite warmer air and oceans, there's more sea ice in Antarctica now than in the 1970s ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2013
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In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets ebb and flow in 100,000-year cycles, driven by varying amounts of sunlight falling on Earth's surface as its orbit and orientation toward the sun changes. But astronomical variations ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 5, 2013
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