Arctic ice to last until 2030 to 2040
September 22nd, 2009 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 22 (ANI): New findings by scientists indicate that that Arctic ice would last decades longer than thought, and the region won't experience ice-free summers until 2030 or 2040.Some models ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice cover reaches minimum extent for 2009
September 18th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 18 (ANI): A new study has found that the Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for this year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring ... Read more...
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Arctic Ocean may turn into ‘polluted soup’ by 2070
August 7th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): A climate model has predicted that global warming, combined with nuclear waste, may make the Arctic Ocean a polluted soup by the year 2070.According to a report in ... Read more...
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NASA aircraft studies receding Arctic sea ice to improve understanding of its life cycle
July 18th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 18 (ANI): A small NASA aircraft has completed its first successful science flight in partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of an expedition to study the ... Read more...
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Arctic could teem with life by 2030 due to global warming
July 9th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have said that as global warming removes the Arctic's icy lid, the region is expected to teem with life by the year 2030. ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft reveals dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice
July 8th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Data from a NASA Earth-orbiting spacecraft has revealed a dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick ... Read more...
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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean
July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ... Read more...
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Gruelling Arctic mission to study impacts of global warming ends
May 14th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 14 (ANI): The Catlin Arctic Survey, a gruelling 10-week expedition to measure the thickness of sea-ice that will help study the impacts of global warming in the region, has ended. ... Read more...
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Ozone hole caused increased growth in Antarctic sea ice
April 22nd, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): A new research has determined that increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone ... Read more...
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Global warming might reduce if nations cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent
April 15th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15 (ANI): A new analysis has determined that the threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this ... Read more...
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Latest satellite imagery shows Arctic teetering on thin ice
April 7th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 7 (IANS) Latest satellite imagery shows that the Arctic is virtually teetering on a layer of thin ice, not to speak of its shrinking ice area over the decade.
Researchers from ... Read more...
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Arctic literally on thin ice, points out new evidence
April 7th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 7 (ANI): New evidence from NASA and satellite observations has shown that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover in the Arctic is continuing, with the ice cap thinning ... Read more...
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Climate change replaces hunting as biggest threat to polar bears
March 20th, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, March 20 (DPA) Climate change poses the main threat to the world's polar bear population, the world's five biggest polar bear nations have said.
Norway, Denmark/Greenland, Russia, the US and Canada all ... Read more...
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This February was the Earth’s ninth warmest since 1880
March 16th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 16 (IANS) The combined land and ocean surface average temperature for February was the ninth warmest since records began in 1880, according to an analysis by National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Explorers begin trek to discover melt rate of Arctic sea-ice
March 2nd, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 2 (ANI): A British exploration team has begun a grueling trek to the North Pole to discover how quickly the Arctic sea-ice is melting. According to a report by ... Read more...
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Part of Alaskas coast drifting into sea at twice the rate it has in past
February 21st, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): A new study has indicated that part of Alaskas coast is drifting into the sea at twice the rate it has in the past, reshaping the Arctic ... Read more...
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NASAs top accomplishments in 2008
December 16th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): NASA has outlined its top ten science, exploration and discovery stories of 2008, the year in which the agency celebrated its 50th birthday.The top ten accomplishments are:International ... Read more...
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Are snowy owls marine species?
December 11th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 11 (IANS) Wildlife studies could prompt a radical re-think on how the snowy owl fits into the northern ecosystem. "Six of the adult females that we followed in a satellite ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate
October 29th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 29 (ANI): Data from ESAs (European Space Agencys) Envisat satellite has indicated that the Arctic sea ice is thinning at record rate, with the thickness of sea ice in ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice thins by 19 percent
October 29th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) Sea ice in large swathes of Arctic thinned by as much as 19 percent last winter, compared to previous five winters, according to data from European Space Agency's ... Read more...
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Arctic icecap is now even melting in winter
October 27th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 27 (ANI): A new research by British scientists has indicated that the Arctic icecap is now shrinking at record rates in the winter as well as summer, adding to ... Read more...
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Rising Arctic storms result in warmer waters and sea ice drift
October 7th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): A new NASA study has shown that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway
October 4th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 4 (ANI): After reaching the second-lowest extent ever recorded last month, sea ice in the Arctic has begun to refreeze in the face of autumn temperatures, closing both the ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice hits second lowest extent during 2008 melt season
October 3rd, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual ... Read more...
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NASA data show Arctic saw fastest sea ice melt in August 2008
September 27th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 27 (ANI): NASA data has shown that for a four-week period in August 2008, arctic sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before.Each year at the ... Read more...
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Antarctic ice growth is one of the odd side effects of global warming
September 13th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 13 (ANI): In what is being considered an unusual side effect of global warming, the amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown recently.According to a report in New ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice reaches second lowest level on record
August 28th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 28 (RIA Novosti) Arctic sea ice has shrunk to its second lowest level since the start of satellite observations of the territory, and could melt further to exceed the 2007 ... Read more...
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Arctic ice continues to thin alarmingly
August 4th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany have analyzed that Arctic ice is continuing to thin down to alarming levels.According to ... Read more...
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Ice cover in Arctic Ocean in 2008 will lie below that of 2005
July 10th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Based on a model study, climate scientists have estimated that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost ... Read more...
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World might have already reached the tipping point of climate change
June 28th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Climate experts have warned that the world might have already reached the tipping point of climate change, where immediate actions needed to be done to avert the ... Read more...
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Rate of predicted Arctic warming over land can more than triple during periods of rapid sea ice loss
June 11th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI): A new study has determined that the rate of climate warming and permafrost thaw over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of ... Read more...
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Conservationists launch campaign to list Arctic seals as endangered species
May 31st, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by admin
London, May 31 (ANI): Conservationists have launched a campaign to list Arctic seals as an endangered species, with some arguing that all arctic species should be red-listed.According to a report in ... Read more...
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3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008 forecasted
May 1st, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 1 (ANI): New calculations by researchers at University of Colorado at Boulder, US, has lead them to forecast a three-in-five chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008, ... Read more...
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North Pole might be free of ice in 2008
April 26th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
London, April 26 (ANI): Scientists have warned that the North Pole might be free of ice before the end of this year, turning into a vast expanse of water.According to a ... Read more...
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Arctic ice more vulnerable to summer sunshine
April 22nd, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 22 (ANI): A new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Colorado State University (CSU), US, has shown that the shrinking expanse of Arctic ... Read more...
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