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The Decline of the Arctic
2013-02-19 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: New research using combined records of ice measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite, airborne surveys and ocean-based sensors shows Arctic sea ice volume has declined 36 percent in the autumn and nine percent in the winter over the last decade. The work builds on previous studies using submarine and NASA satellite data, confirms computer model estimates that showed ice volume decreases over the last decade, and builds...
New Satellite Data Confirms Major Arctic Ice Loss
2013-02-19 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The stunning loss of Arctic sea ice extent in recent years is undeniable--satellite measurements have conclusively shown that half of the Arctic sea ice went missing in September 2012, compared to the average September during 1979 -- 2000. But the extent of ice cover is not the best measure of how the fire raging in Earth`s attic is affecting sea ice--the total volume of the ice is more important. Arctic sea ice volume in thousands of cubic kilometers during the September minimum in 1979 compared...
Arctic sea ice volume plunges over a third in less than 10 years
2013-02-18 21:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Few places are changing as rapidly as the Arctic due to global warming. Last year, scientists were stunned when the Arctic's seasonal ice extent fell to record low that was 18 percent below the previous one set in 2007. But new research in Geophysical Research Letters finds that the volume of ice is melting away just as quickly: satellite and ocean-based measurement have found that Arctic sea ice has fallen by 36 percent in Autumn since 2003. In winter, the ice volume has dropped 9 percent. "It's...
Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: U.N. body
2013-02-18 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers or senior officials from around 150 nations, aimed at making the world economy greener at a time of weak economic growth. "What we are seeing is that the melting of ice is prompting...
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Rosneft, ExxonMobil expand Russian Arctic shelf joint venture
2013-02-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Russian oil major Rosneft and US-based multinational oil and gas company ExxonMobil have signed an agreement to expand their joint venture by adding new blocks to develop oil and gas resources on Russia's Arctic shelf.
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