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India launches flood warning systems at Himalayan glacial lakes
Sep 03, 2024 (AFP)
India's Himalayas contain at least 7,500 glacial lakes, many of which pose risks of dangerous flash floods. Teams from India's National Disaster Management Auth...
Finland's Lapland sees warmest summer on record
Sep 02, 2024 (AFP)
The Arctic has been warming almost four times faster than the rest of the world since 1979, according to Finnish and Norwegian researchers. June, July and Augus...
Greenland's Accelerated Warming Linked to Clear-Sky Radiation and Atmospheric Dynamics
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
Previous studies have linked Arctic Amplification to local climate feedbacks, heat release from the Arctic Ocean, and energy transport from southern regions. Th...
One dead, three injured in Alaska landslide
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
Homes and roads were damaged when the landslide hit the coastal city in southeast Alaska Sunday afternoon, the city and Ketchikan Gateway Borough said in a join...
Scottish and Irish Rock Formations Offer Rare Insight into Ancient Global Ice Age
Aug 17, 2024 (SPX)
Published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, the study reveals that the Port Askaig Formation, consisting of rock layers up to 1.1 kilometers t...
Nepal flood caused by glacial lake outburst
Aug 17, 2024 (AFP)
Climate change experts said it was a clear example of the "catastrophic impacts" increasing global temperatures were having on people who had done the least to ...
Antarctica winter experiences prolonged heatwave
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
Temperature anomalies are not unusual on the continent known as "The Ice" but "the longevity of the warm period is unusual", Thomas Caton Harrison, Polar Climat...
Arctic Svalbard sees record August temperature
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
The measurement of 20.3 degrees (68.5 Fahrenheit) was registered on Sunday at the weather station at Svalbard's airport, the institute said in a statement poste...
Polar bears kill worker at Canadian Arctic radar site
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq Corporation, the logistics compa...
NASA Study Projects Greener Tundra by 2100
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Tundra landscapes are predicted to become taller and greener. With a warming climate, northern forests are changing as more trees and shrubs emerge. According t...
Alaskan Permafrost Erosion Accelerates Due to Climate Change
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
"In the Northern Hemisphere, much of the ground is permafrost, meaning it is frozen year-round. Permafrost is a delicate natural resource. If it is lost faster ...
Antarctica's First Comprehensive Plant Survey to Guide Conservation
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
The survey, focusing on mosses, lichens, and algae, utilized a European Space Agency satellite alongside several summer seasons of field measurements. This stud...
Greenland fossils reveal greater sea-level threat from climate change
Aug 05, 2024 (AFP)
Scientists have discovered plant and insect remains under a two-mile-deep (three km) ice core extracted from the center of the island, providing the clearest pr...
Andean Glaciers Reach Smallest Size in Over 11,700 Years Study Finds
Aug 02, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists have anticipated that glaciers would retreat as tropical temperatures rise. However, the study's analysis of rock samples near four Andean glaciers d...
Unmanned Submarine Explores Antarctic Glacier Melting
Aug 01, 2024 (SPX)
The autonomous underwater vehicle, Ran, was sent beneath the Dotson ice shelf in West Antarctica to scan the ice using advanced sonar technology. Over 27 days, ...
Researchers Launch Underwater Study of Greenland's Glaciers
Aug 01, 2024 (SPX)
The four-week international expedition will study the mechanisms controlling the melting of these massive glaciers, which hold about 23 feet (7 meters) of poten...
NASA Mission Enhances Understanding of Arctic Sea Ice Melt
Jul 29, 2024 (SPX)
The Arctic's cooling effect is critical as it helps cool the planet by losing the Sun's energy transported from tropical regions to space. To study these proces...
US warns of China-Russia cooperation in Arctic
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
"We've seen growing cooperation between the PRC and Russia in the Arctic commercially, with the PRC being a major funder of Russian energy exploitation in the A...
China, Russia push back over Washington's Arctic warning
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
Russia has in recent years beefed up its military presence in the Arctic by reopening and modernizing several bases and airfields abandoned since the end of the...
Waning Sea Ice Reflectivity Intensifies Global Warming
Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)
The researchers discovered that the reduction in sea ice's cooling effect is approximately twice the percentage decrease in the annual average sea ice area in b...
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