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Ten Thousand Walruses Gather on Island As Sea Ice Shrinks
2013-10-03 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: An estimated ten thousand Pacific walruses have huddled together on a remote island in the Chukchi Sea (map), an unusual phenomenon that's due to a lack of sea ice, experts say. The giant marine mammal is known to "haul out"literally haul its body onto ice or land to rest or warm upon various places along Alaska's coast. But with the Arctic warming up and melting much of its floating ice, there are limited areas for the walruses to gather. This forces them to cluster on land in huge aggregations...
Few Caribou Births in Greenland Linked to Sea Ice Melt
2013-10-02 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Melting sea ice in Greenland may be leading to fewer caribou births and higher calf mortality, according to new research linking the loss of sea ice with changes of the timing of plant growth on land. Researchers from Penn State University report that sea ice melt spurs the early growth of plants, which goes on to affect the feeding patterns of caribou. The caribou are reportedly bearing fewer offspring, which the researchers, writing in journal Nature Communications, link to the sea ice melt....
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A Sea Of Tranquility: E&P Operators Likely To Stand Pat, Engage In Little A&D
2013-09-30 17:30:00| OGI
Companies including Kodiak, Whiting and QEP provide updates on developments.
Island Creation in the Maldives Could Counteract Land Loss Due to Sea Level Rise
2013-09-29 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The creation of new islands could make up for the loss of land in the Maldives due to sea level rise, a study published in the journal Geology suggests. Regional island building consists of lagoons filling with sand taken from the surrounding coral reefs. As this happens, plant and animal life take root. By studying the history and timing of this process throughout the area, researchers concluded that the continued accumulation of sand within the reefs found inside Maldivian atolls offer an...
UN Climate Change Report: Sea Level, Air Temperature To Rise
2013-09-27 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its latest assessment today. This is the fifth since 1990. The reports project the rate of global warming, sea level rise and other expected effects that result largely from our use of fossil fuels, which puts billions of additional tons of carbon dioxide into the air every year.
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