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Tibet glaciers melting due to South Asian pollution: China
2013-03-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: About 90% of glaciers in Tibet called the Third Pole region, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia" to the Tibetan Plateau, a Chinese scientist has warned. The Third Pole region, which is centred on the Tibetan Plateau and concerns the interests of the surrounding countries and regions, covers more than five million square kilometres and has an average altitude of more than 4,000 metres. Like Antarctica and the Arctic, the Third Pole is drawing increased attention...
China Pours Cash into Melting Arctic to Win Influence
2013-03-24 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At face value, it is not one of the world's most important relationships. When Norway and China fell out two years ago over a Nobel Prize awarded to a Chinese dissident, the spat had little wider resonance. But diplomatic relations are thawing as quickly as Arctic ice -- and the upshot could be significant for the frigid northern wastes of the planet, which are thought to sit on formidable quantities of mineral reserves. China has been cozying up to Arctic countries as part of its effort to...
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Study Shows Canadas Far North Glaciers Are Melting Fast
2013-03-22 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries, research by European-funded scientists has shown. They say 20 percent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of this century, which would mean an extra sea level rise of 3.5cm (1.4 inches). The results of the research, part of the EU-funded ice2sea program, will be published in Geophysical Research Letters this week, and the paper, Irreversible mass loss of Canadian Arctic Archipelago...
Melting Sea Ice Keeps Hungry Polar Bears on Land
2013-03-20 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Polar bears, the iconic victims of climate change, are shifting their migration patterns because of changes in sea ice. The bears are arriving on land earlier and departing later, a new study found, and it's threatening their access to food. A team of researchers studied the migration patterns of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Hudson Bay, Canada, using satellite-tracking data collected between 1991 and1997 and 2004 and 2009. They found that the rate at which sea ice melts and re-freezes, as...
Melting of Greenlands fringe glaciers adds to sea level rise
2013-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Glaciers on the edge of Greenland are pouring at about 50 gigatons of water into the Atlantic every year. Thats about half the volume of Lake Geneva, one of Europes largest lake, and enough to account for about 10 percent of annual global sea level rise, according to a new study by Swiss and Danish scientists. The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, will help scientists improve the predictions of the future contribution of Greenlands ice to sea-level rise. The data could also...
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