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Ships may sail over North Pole by 2050 due Arctic melt

2013-12-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Financial Express: The Arctic sea ice cover, melting rapidly due to global warming, will be so thin by 2050 that ships will be able to sail directly across the North Pole for the first time, experts have predicted. Researchers said it could also lead to unprecedented geo-political tensions between countries that have territorial claims in the region. Global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer, a University...

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Champion's retired sprintcar elevated to pole position: video

2013-12-28 09:42:33| Food - Topix.net

IT ONCE sped and crashed around Tasmanian speedways but a 2009 J & J sprintcar was lodged atop a Latrobe sign yesterday ahead of a national racing event next month.

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Climate Change Activist Shatters World Record for Fastest Trip to South Pole

2013-12-27 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: It`s official--climate change champion Parker Liautaud has completed the fastest-ever unsupported walk from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole. The 19-year-old is also the youngest person to ever reach the North and South Poles. The 2013 Willis Resilience Expedition--traveled with veteran explorer Doug Stoup to shine a brighter light on climate change advocacy--took 18 days, four hours and 43 minutes. The duo skied about 315 miles for up to 12 hours a day at an average pace of 17.4 miles...

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Climate change is moving the North pole and affecting Earth's rotation

2013-12-13 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Gizmodo: I thought I knew all the dreadful effects of climate change, but this new discovery has truly surprised me: "Climate change is causing the North Pole's location to drift, owing to subtle changes in Earth's rotation that result from the melting of glaciers and ice sheets." The entire Earth is tilting because this change. One example: The influx of fresh water from shrinking ice sheets also causes the planet to pitch over. Landerer and colleagues estimate that the melting of Greenland's ice is...

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