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Arctic opposite to North Atlantic
2016-02-19 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: For long time freshwater has been seen as one potential cause for rapid climate change in the North Atlantic -- Arctic region -- probably most people have heard about the 'Gulf Stream is slowing down' scenarios with freshwater leading to sluggish currents and less heat being transported to northern high latitudes. In our two recent studies we were able to show that while such a scenario is plausible in the North Atlantic, the ocean response in the Arctic is quite the opposite. The scientific narrative...
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Arctic Sea Ice Is in Record Low Territory (Again)
2016-02-19 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The winter of discontent in the northern latitudes continues. Persistent warmth has baked the region, making snow a no show in parts of Alaska and, perhaps more importantly, slowing the growth of Arctic sea ice. Though it's still likely a month before the Arctic sea ice reaches its maximum, the current trajectory is not a good one. Slow and at times non-existent growth has already led to a record low January extent and preliminary data from February indicate sea ice continues to set daily record...
Arctic shipping passage 'still decades away'
2016-02-09 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It will be decades before big cargo ships link China and northern Europe by taking a shortcut through the Arctic Ocean, a report predicts. Climate change, retreating summer ice and the prospect of shorter journey times and 40% lower fuel costs has led Russia, European governments and some industries to expect a major ice-free shipping lane to open above Russia, allowing regular, year-long trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans within a few years. But, says the Arctic Institute in a new...
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Unusually warm Arctic winter stuns scientists with record low ice extent for January
2016-02-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Right about now, Arctic sea ice should be building up toward its annual maximum, making most of the region impenetrable to all but the most hardened icebreakers. Instead, January and indeed much of the winter so far has been unusually mild throughout large parts of the Arctic. A freak storm brought temperatures to near the freezing point, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit, near the North Pole for a short time in late December and early January, and other storms have repeatedly acted like space heaters...
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How melting Arctic ice may have set off era vicious East Coast snow storms
2016-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Does shrinking ice in the Arctic lead to more crushing snow storms along the East Coast? Through a complex chain of events, its very possible says leading Arctic researcher and seasonal forecaster Judah Cohen. Since 1990, as sea ice has rapidly melted away in the Arctic, crippling snow storms have increasingly buried the Northeasts big cities. [Is global warming behind D.C.s new era of great snow storms?] In Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston, at least five...
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