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Space for Shore project tracks Svalbard glacier changes with Sentinel-1

Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Space for Shore initiative uses radar data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission to deliver comprehensive, year-by-year insig...

NATO holds large Arctic exercises in Russia's backyard

Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)

Sounds of cannon fire and rocket artillery echo across the snowy, hilly Lapland landscape as some 3,600 soldiers from the United States, Sweden, the United King...

Tajikistan lost 1,000 glaciers in 3 decades: minister

Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)

The thousands of glaciers across mountainous Central Asia are crucial to the region's food and water security, typically draining fresh water into rivers to rep...

U.S., Finland and Canada agree to icebreaker collaboration pact

Nov 13, 2024 (UPI)

President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finland President Alexander Stubb agreed to the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact in a memora...

First Antarctic amber discovery opens new window to ancient climate

Nov 13, 2024 (SPX)

Before this revelation, Antarctica was a blank spot on the global map of amber sites. That changed with the efforts led by Dr. Johann P. Klages from AWI and Dr....

Was Snowball Earth truly a global event? new study provides strongest evidence yet

Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)

"This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator," said Liam Courtney-Davies, the study's lea...

Measurements from Lost Seaglider reveal impact of warm ocean water on Antarctic ice

Nov 11, 2024 (SPX)

The autonomous glider, named Marlin, was deployed in December 2022 to collect data on oceanic processes crucial for understanding climate dynamics. Initially pr...

Deep ocean study offers new insights into ancient ice age shift

Nov 11, 2024 (SPX)

Theories surrounding the MPT have often pointed to a significant weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) as a driving factor. Howeve...

Planting trees in the Arctic may worsen climate change

Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)

With rising temperatures, the tree line is shifting northward, encouraging governments and corporations to consider Arctic tree-planting initiatives as potentia...

Greenland eyes tourism takeoff with new airport runway

Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)

To get to Greenland's capital, travellers have had to fly from Iceland or by transiting through Kangerlussuaq, a former US military base in the north with the o...

The shifting history of North America's ancient ice sheet

Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)

Yet, while picturing this immense ice mass is fascinating, the present-day implications of its retreat - particularly concerning land shifts and sea-level chang...

Greenland seeks to capitalise on 'last-chance tourism'

Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)

"The effects of global heating are at their most pronounced in the Arctic," Michael Hall, a University of Canterbury professor and tourism expert, told AFP. Glo...

Austria's Alpine refuges and trails crumble as climate warms

Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)

But ever more extreme climate change is taking a terrible toll on the century-old wooden refuge. "When your hand fits into a crack in the foundation, there is n...

Large volumes of meltwater found within Greenland Ice Sheet during summer

Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest single contributor to rising sea levels globally, with complete melting predicted to raise sea levels by as much as seven...

NASA helps find thawing permafrost adds to near-term global warming

Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)

An international team, led by researchers at Stockholm University, found that from 2000 to 2020, carbon dioxide uptake by the land was largely offset by emissio...

Slowing ocean currents may slightly ease Arctic warming

Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)

Scientists have long cautioned that unchecked Arctic warming threatens wildlife and could trigger more frequent and severe weather events worldwide. Now, a stud...

Paws of polar bears sustaining ice-related injuries in a warming Arctic

Oct 23, 2024 (SPX)

The study led by the University of Washington was published Oct. 22 in the journal Ecology. It's the first time that such injuries have been documented in polar...

Rapid industrial growth impacting Arctic ecosystems

Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)

More than 5% of the Arctic shows signs of human impact A research team led by Gabriela Schaepman-Strub from the University of Zurich's Department of Evolutionar...

A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets

Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)

Now, PhD students within the group have created an open-source tool that others can use to make ice-penetrating radar systems, core instruments in the field of ...

New ice core research unveils climate tipping points from the last Ice Age

Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)

In recent research, scientists analyzed ice cores collected from Greenland, with data spanning up to 120,000 years, to better understand these abrupt climate ev...