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Chasing the light: Sandia study finds new clues about warming in the Arctic
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
The scientists are not armed with parkas and shovels. Instead, they have tapped into data from GPS satellite radiometers, capturing the sunlight bouncing off th...
Deciphering the 2022 Antarctic heatwave
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave. Large swathes of East Antarctica experienced temperatures up to 40 C (72 F) above normal, shatt...
This US-Indian Satellite Will Monitor Earth's Changing Frozen Regions
Jan 11, 2024 (JPL)
This last capability will help researchers decipher how small-scale processes can cause monumental changes in the ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland, ...
Arctic cold snap transforms into a blessing
Jan 09, 2024 (SPX)
According to research conducted by a team of researchers including Professor Kitack Lee from the Division of Environmental Science and Engineering at Pohang Uni...
As the Arctic warms, its waters are emitting carbon
Dec 22, 2023 (JPL)
The study, published earlier this year, explores how scientists are using state-of-the-art computer modeling to study rivers such as the Mackenzie, which flows ...
Antarctic octopus DNA reveals ice sheet collapse closer than thought
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
A new analysis published Thursday in Science finds that geographically-isolated populations of the eight-limbed sea creatures mated freely around 125,000 years ...
Third Pole's expanding glacial lakes pose greater flood risks, research reveals
Dec 18, 2023 (SPX)
Over the past thirty years, the Third Pole has witnessed a significant retreat of more than 10,000 glaciers, a phenomenon largely attributed to rising temperatu...
Russia's isolation takes toll on Arctic climate science
Dec 17, 2023 (AFP)
"We used to work with Russian permafrost scientists and hydrologists in the Barentsburg region. This doesn't happen now," the British scientist told AFP. "We're...
Tropical ice cores offer deeper insights into Earth's temperature record
Dec 15, 2023 (SPX)
By combining ice core proxy records, paleoclimate simulations and modern satellite measurements and comparing the results to those from previous climate models,...
New study sheds light on how much methane is produced from Arctic lakes and wetlands
Dec 13, 2023 (SPX)
That makes tracking methane emissions critically important, and nowhere more so than in the Arctic, which is now the fastest warming part of the globe. A new st...
Warmest Arctic summer caused by accelerating climate change
Dec 12, 2023 (AFP)
Average summer surface air temperature from the months of July-September was 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6.4 Celsius), the highest since records began in 1900. The A...
Russia ramps up Arctic route ambitions
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
In the country's latest move, Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom on Tuesday presented its two new RITM-200 reactors that will power the future Chukotka icebreaker ...
Himalayan glaciers react, blow cold winds down their slopes
Dec 05, 2023 (SPX)
The Unexpected Stability of Temperatures at Mount Everest Initially, scientists observed an elevation-dependent warming effect in mountainous regions, where pea...
Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
As the ice melts, the hunters in the village of Ittoqqortoormiit -- home to one of the last Inuit hunting communities -- worry where they will get water. Greenl...
Antarctica's ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth's future
Dec 01, 2023 (SPX)
Identifying how and why Antarctica's major ice sheets behaved the way they did in the early Miocene could help inform understanding of the sheets' behavior unde...
Analysis of carbon cycle during last glacial period can help monitor climate crisis
Nov 30, 2023 (SPX)
A new study discusses the processes that governed gas flows between the atmosphere and the South Atlantic in the recent past, showing a noteworthy natural balan...
Global warming forced Greenland's polar bears to adapt: study
Nov 29, 2023 (AFP)
At the end of the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago, "when temperatures went up, sea ice went down," it reduced the polar bears' habitat and forced them to mo...
Antarctic glacier doubles speed as oceans warm
Nov 28, 2023 (UPI)
The Cadman Glacier retreated about 5 miles between November 2018 and May 2021 as oceans warmed and the ice shelf thinned, according to research led by Benjamin ...
Half of Peru's Andes glacier ice has melted: government
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
To wit, the glaciers have receded by 1,348 square kilometers (520 square miles) since 1962, according to the latest measurements, the National Institute of Glac...
Life beyond the leak for ESA's CryoSat
Nov 23, 2023 (ESA)
The swap has the potential to extend the life of the satellite by as much as 5 to 10 years. But the back-up thrusters had never been used before. If something h...
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