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Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets
Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)
In a new study, a team of glaciologists and electrical engineers show how radio signals naturally emitted by the sun can be turned into a passive radar system f...
Russia races to build giant ice-breakers for Arctic dominance
Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)
Fronted by a Russian flag and named after the country's northern regions, the giant vessels are meant to ensure Moscow's dominance over the melting Arctic. Russ...
Canada's Inuit advocate Mary Simon a fierce defender of her people
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
As Canada's head of state and Queen Elizabeth II's representative in this Commonwealth nation, Simon said her appointment marks "an important step forward on th...
Earth's cryosphere shrinking with every passing year
Jul 02, 2021 (SPX)
The extent of land covered by frozen water is just as important as its mass because the bright white surface reflects sunlight so effectively, cooling the plane...
UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
The record heat was reached at Argentina's Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsula on February 6, 2020, the UN's World Meteorological Organization...
Wind, climate caused record melt of Arctic's 'Last Ice Area'
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
The Wandel Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland, is typically covered with thick, multi-year layers of ice. While the overall extent of summer sea...
Mountaintop glacier ice disappearing in tropics around the world
Jun 29, 2021 (SPX)
The study, published online recently in the journal Global and Planetary Change, found that a glacier near Puncak Jaya, in Papua New Guinea, lost about 93% of i...
Irreversible warming tipping point possibly triggered: Arctic mission chief
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
"The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when we push...
Ice shelf disintegration accelerating Pine Island Glacier descent toward sea
Jun 11, 2021 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of Washington and British Antarctic Survey detailed Pine Island's worrying prognosis in a new paper, published Friday in the journa...
Study shows how permafrost releases methane in the warming Arctic
Jun 11, 2021 (SPX)
Permafrost, even though it sounds very stable and permanent, is actually quite diverse: depending on the composition of the frozen ground, pressure, temperature...
Antarctica less frigid in last ice age than scientists previously estimated
Jun 03, 2021 (UPI)
Previous studies estimated temperatures across Antarctica dipped 9 degrees Celsius below present temperatures at the maximum extent of the last ice age, some 20...
Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected, new study shows
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
The analysis, led by researchers at Britain's University College London (UCL), concluded the ice in the coastal regions was thinning at a rate 70 to 100 percent...
CryoSat reveals ice loss from glaciers in Alaska and Asia
Jun 03, 2021 (ESA)
Monitoring glaciers globally is a challenge because of their sheer number, size, remoteness and rugged terrain they occupy. Various satellite instruments offer ...
Iceland's glaciers lose 750 km2 in 20 years
May 31, 2021 (AFP)
The glaciers, which cover more than 10 percent of the country's land mass, shrank in 2019 to 10,400 square kilometres, the study in the Icelandic scientific jou...
Russia asserts presence in Arctic with northern military base
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
The growing accessibility of natural resources and navigation routes in this rapidly thawing region has attracted global competition, and Moscow's interests cla...
Estonians set sail for Arctic to probe climate change
May 25, 2021 (AFP)
"In the Arctic, the climate is warming about twice as fast as anywhere else in the world. Scientists haven't really reached a consensus as to why that is: how m...
Massive iceberg 4 times the size of NYC breaks off in Antarctica
May 21, 2021 (UPI)
The iceberg, called A-76, measures about 105 miles in length and is over 15 miles wide. It broke from the western side of Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica's Weddel...
Arctic sea ice succumbs to Atlantification
May 21, 2021 (ESA)
The amount of sea ice floating in the Arctic Ocean varies enormously as it grows and shrinks with the seasons. Although some of the older thicker ice remains th...
World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
It is the latest in a series of large ice blocks to dislodge in a region acutely vulnerable to climate change, although scientists said in this case it appeared...
Arctic nations meet as tensions and temperatures run high
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Accelerated global warming, untapped resources and new maritime routes opened up by retreating sea ice, as well as the future of local populations top the agend...
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