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Greenland's southwest ice sheet particularly sensitive to warming
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
The largest sustained ice loss in Greenland from early 2003 to mid-2013 came from summertime melting of the ice fields in southwest Greenland, the researchers f...
Scientists drill to record depths in West Antarctica
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
The 11-person team has been working on the Rutford Ice Stream for the last 12 weeks in freezing temperatures at low as minus 30 degrees Celsius. On Tuesday 8 Ja...
Antarctic krill population contracts southward as polar oceans warm
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
Antarctic krill are shrimp-like crustaceans which occur in enormous numbers in the cold Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. They have a major role in the foo...
Greenland ice melting four times faster than in 2003, study finds
Jan 22, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists concerned about sea level rise have long focused on Greenland's southeast and northwest regions, where large glaciers stream iceberg-sized chunks of ...
New study reveals local drivers of amplified Arctic warming
Jan 21, 2019 (SPX)
There have also been recent studies, indicating the mass of Arctic glaciers has declined significantly since the 1980's by more than 70%. These sudden climate c...
A study shows an increase of permafrost temperature at a global scale
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
The study, titled "Permafrost is warming at a global scale" has been published in the journal Nature Communications, and is led by the researcher Boris Biskabor...
The pace at which the world's permafrost soils are warming
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
The effect was most pronounced in Siberia, where the temperature of the frozen soil rose by nearly 1 degree Celsius. The pioneering study has just been released...
Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
The scientists published their results on DATE in two separate papers, one for each new species, in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Mic...
Antarctic ice sheet could suffer a one-two climate punch
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The pacing of the most recent ice ages, for example, is attributable to changes in the shape of our planet's orbit around the sun as well as to cyclic changes i...
Scientist see mounting ice loss in Antarctica
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
Already, Antarctic melting has raised global sea levels more than half an inch (1.4 centimeters) between 1979 and 2017, said the report in the Proceedings of th...
Study shows algae thrive under Greenland sea ice
Jan 09, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers pioneered new technology and methods to make this discovery. About 4,000 oceanographic instruments called Argo floats are currently bobbing arou...
Melting ice sheets release tons of methane into the atmosphere, study finds
Jan 04, 2019 (SPX)
The Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane according to a new study, showing that subglacial biological activity impacts the atmosphere far more than previou...
American adventurer completes solo trek across Antarctica
Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)
Colin O'Brady, 33, took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) crossing of the frozen continent from coast to coast. In an Instagram post, ...
A new model of ice friction helps scientists understand how glaciers flow
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
Moreover, the water from melting glaciers accounts for nearly two-thirds of the observed rise in global sea levels. Despite the looming ecological consequences,...
Russia says will build up Arctic military presence
Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement comes after years of increased activity in the Arctic, which Moscow has declared a top priority due to its mineral riches and military importan...
NASA finds Asian glaciers slowed by ice loss
Dec 14, 2018 (JPL)
For more than a decade, satellite data have documented that the glaciers were thinning as the melt rates on their top surfaces increased. However, "It has not b...
Snow over Antarctica buffered sea level rise during last century
Dec 14, 2018 (SPX)
"Our findings don't mean that Antarctica is growing; it's still losing mass, even with the extra snowfall," said Brooke Medley, a glaciologist with NASA Goddard...
ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
With each pass of the ICESat-2 satellite, the mission is adding to datasets tracking Earth's rapidly changing ice. Researchers are ready to use the information ...
NOAA: Arctic warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet
Dec 12, 2018 (UPI)
Numerous studies have detailed climate change's outsized impacts on the Arctic, and the latest report card echoed the scientific consensus. According to the rep...
Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
"Much more needs to be done to prepare Alaska and Alaskans for the adverse consequences of coming changes in permafrost and climate," said Vladimir Romanovsky, ...
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