NASA: Arctic’s thickest ice diminishing faster than thin ice
March 1st, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by BNO News
GREENBELT, Maryland (BNO NEWS) -- The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Polar bear’s record 9-day continuous swim blamed on global warming
January 26th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists studying bears around the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, have revealed that a polar bear swam continuously for over nine days, which could be the result of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Polar bears at risk as melting ice is making them swim greater distances
January 26th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists studying polar bears have claimed that the melting sea ice is making the animals swim greater distances, at the risk of their own health and future generations.Researchers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Within decade, Arctic Ocean will be ice-free each summer’
October 15th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 15 (IANS) The ice cover over the Arctic Ocean is continuing to get thinner, according to new data released here Thursday, which supports the theory that due to global warming ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Arctic could be ice-free in as little as ten years’ time
October 15th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 15 (ANI): A top Polar specialist has warned that the Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time."It's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Canada’s opposition leader says McCartney is wrong on seals
May 10th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 10 (ANI): Canada's new opposition leader Michael Ignatieff has denounced European animal right activists including Sir Paul McCartney for their hostility to seal hunting.In an interview with The ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Over 100 rescued, one killed in US ice floe accident
February 8th, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 8 (Xinhua) About 134 people have been rescued and one killed after hundreds of fishermen stuck Saturday on a large ice floe floating away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Changes in sea ice cover could threaten krills
September 3rd, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 3 (IANS) Future changes in sea ice cover could threaten krills, which play a key role in the southern ocean food chain and is a source of nourishment for many ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
New killer whale types at risk from Antarctic warming
August 5th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 5 (ANI): A new study has indicated that two newly identified types of killer whales that hunt prey off of Antarctic sea ice risk losing food sources to global ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Evidence of explosive volcanism in Arctic Ocean seen for first time
June 26th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 26 (ANI): An international team of researchers has provided evidence of explosive volcanism in the deeps of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for the first time.The researchers were led by ... Read more...
Posted in National |