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Degrading underground ice wedges are reshaping Arctic landscape
2016-03-14 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Rapid melting of ice and Arctic permafrost is altering tundra regions in Alaska, Canada and Russia, according to a new study released in the journal Nature Geoscience. Ice-wedge degradation has been observed before in individual locations, but this is the first study to determine that rapid melting has become widespread throughout the Arctic. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provided time series and change detection analyses of high resolution remote sensing imagery acquired over several...
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Alaskans use Arctic Science Summit Week to focus on climate change
2016-03-14 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch News: As eyes turn to Fairbanks this month for the 2016 Arctic Science Summit Week, residents are gathering to have their say on an urgent crisis facing Arctic communities: climate change. The ASSW states its purpose is to facilitate communication across academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and other Arctic stakeholders. With this goal in mind, the concurrent Fairbanks Rally for a Clean Energy Economy has stepped up communication on the part of...
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Arctic on Thin Ice as Extreme Heat Takes a Toll
2016-03-03 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: For the second month in a row, the Arctic has set a record for lowest ever sea ice extent, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Ice extent is 448,000 square miles below average for February and 200,000 square miles lower than the previous record-low February. The region has experienced extreme heat over the past few months, with temperatures reaching as high as 23°F above average. Sea ice usually hits its annual low in September, but these early records have scientists concerned for...
Another month, another troubling Arctic sea ice record
2016-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: This year is quickly excising 2015 from the dubious top of the climate record books. The most freakishly warm month on record, record atmospheric heat in February and now for the second month in a row, a new monthly Arctic sea ice low. February saw record low sea ice extent, with ice running a significant 448,000 square miles below average. In essence, a chunk of ice four times the size of Arizona went missing in action from the Arctic. The number would be even more pronounced if not for a small...
On Native Ground OIL Drilling in the Arctic: Ecological Disaster Waiting to Happen
2016-02-29 06:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
American Reporter: Are we so desperate for one last big fix of oil, that we're willing to destroy one of the world's last pristine and unspoiled regions? The answer seems to be yes. The U.S. Geological Survey released a report last week stating that the region inside the Arctic Circle contains about one-fifth of the world's undiscovered, recoverable oil. The USGS report, the most comprehensive survey ever of energy resources in the Arctic, found that there is an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil - or about...
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