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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic ...
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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
with Arctic sea ice now shrinking at a rate of 12.2% per decade, six times as fast as the 1990s. Specifically, NASA launched ARCSIX to try to find out how long the sea ice in the Arctic had left ...
Arctic ice approaches historic low, impacting habitat for polar bears
At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...
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BREAKING THE ICE
When thinking about the Arctic, images of snow, ice—maybe even a polar bear—likely come to mind. Located at the northernmost ...
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The U.S. military’s climate change concerns date back to the Cold War
Its premise: Melting Arctic ice has released a very hungry, million-year-old megabug, and scientists and the U.S. military will have to stop it. The rampaging insect menaces America’s Arctic ...
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NASA Mission uncovers hidden driver of Arctic ice melt
NASA’s most ambitious Arctic research mission yet has uncovered unexpectedly high concentrations of ice particles in clouds ...
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The Arctic’s Vanishing Ice
Melting at Record Rates The Arctic is melting at a pace that has alarmed scientists and environmentalists worldwide. This ...
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Greenland Ice Cap is now the largest contributor to global sea level rise — but why?
GREENLAND, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS NEITHER NOT GREEN AND NOT REALLY LAND, BUT RATHER COVERED BY THE SECOND LARGEST BODY OF ICE IN THE WORLD, SECOND ONLY TO THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET. BUT THE ICE IS ...
Glaciers Vanishing Fast – 273 Billion Tons of Ice Lost Annually
Glacier mass balance intercomparison exercise As of the year 2000, glaciers—excluding the continental ice sheets of Greenland ...
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These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No Light
Every winter in the high Arctic, for example, the sun, hidden by the tilt of the Earth, vanishes for months. Meters of snow blanket the sea ice and block ... be ready to go fast when the light ...