Earth From Space: Magnificent Canadian Arctic Archipelago
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Most of the archipelago is part of Nunavut – the largest and…
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Teeming With Chlamydia: Diverse Populations Discovered Deep Below the Arctic Ocean
Chlamydia are infamous for causing sexually transmitted infections in humans and animals or even amoeba. An international team of researchers have now diverse populations of…
New Reason Why Arctic Is Warming So Fast Found by Scientists
Explanation is proposed for extra heat in the oceans. The Arctic has experienced the warming effects of global climate change faster than any other region…
Stunning Animation Shows Permafrost Changes in the Arctic Due to Climate Change
Permafrost plays an important role in the global climate and is also one of the components of the Earth system that is most sensitive to…
Pioneering New Research Disputes “Wavier” Jet Stream Due to Arctic Warming
Jet Stream Not Getting ‘Wavier’ Despite Arctic Warming Rapid Arctic warming has not led to a “wavier” jet stream around the mid-latitudes in recent decades,…
Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots Detected by NASA – Global Climate Change Impact
Knowing where emissions are happening and what’s causing them brings us a step closer to being able to forecast the region’s impact on global climate….
Polar Bears Skinnier & Having Fewer Cubs Due to Less Sea Ice in Baffin Bay
Polar bears are spending more time on land than they did in the 1990s due to reduced sea ice, new University of Washington-led research shows….
International Scientists on Red Alert As Arctic Grows Greener
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change — the so-called greening of Arctic regions. The latest…
Shells of Quahog Clams Show That Arctic Sea Ice Can’t ‘Bounce Back’
Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. A team of scientists led by the University…
Half of Late 20th-Century Arctic Warming Caused by Ozone-Depleting Substances – “It’s a Good-News Story”
Implicated in a Third of Overall Global Warming for the Time Period A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning…
The Arctic Is Heating Up Faster Than Anywhere Else – Could We Cool the Earth With an Ice-Free Arctic?
The Arctic region is heating up faster than any other place on Earth, and as more and more sea ice is lost every year, we…
Last Arctic Ice Refuge Is Disappearing – Twice As Fast
The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the rest of the Arctic Ocean, according to new research….
Emergence of Deadly Virus in Marine Mammals Linked to Melting Arctic Sea Ice
Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific,…
2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record [Video]
The extent of Arctic sea ice at the end of this summer was effectively tied with 2007 and 2016 for second-lowest since modern record keeping…
Impact of Large-Scale Tree Death on Carbon Storage Shown
Large-scale ‘disturbances’, including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of tree death…
Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has ‘Minimal Influence’ on Severe Cold Winter Weather
The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change has only a “minimal influence” on severe cold winter weather across Asia and North America,…
Warmer Water Now Reaches Deep Into The Arctic Interior
Arctic sea ice isn’t just threatened by the melting of ice around its edges, a new study has found: Warmer water that originated hundreds of…
Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment Shows Arctic Carbon Cycle is Speeding Up
When people think of the Arctic, snow, ice and polar bears come to mind. Trees? Not so much. At least not yet. A new NASA-led…