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Glacier Retreat in Greenland Not Completely Irreversible, According to Study
31.01.2012
Climate warming and short-term climate variability have pushed a number of massive glaciers in Greenland towards retreat, which has some scientists concerned that the retreat may be irreversible once it has begun. However research published in Geophysical Research Letters suggests that Greenland glaciers’ rapid ice loss may not be an…
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Study Indicates Low Temperatures Encourage Ozone Degradation in the Arctic
24.01.2012
According to research conducted by scientists from the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, unusually low temperatures in the stratosphere above the Arctic during the winter of 2010-2011 caused the largest destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic ever…
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Gathering Pool of Arctic Freshwater Could Cool Europe
24.01.2012
According to scientists from University College London and Britain’s National Oceanography Centre, a large pool of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean is growing larger, and could eventually cause the mild ocean current coming from the Gulf Stream to slow down, causing the climate in Europe to cool.
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Warmer Summers Causing Colder Winters in Northern Hemisphere, Study Suggests
16.01.2012
According to research recently published in Environmental Research Letters, increasingly warmer summers can lead to colder winters in certain locations in the Northern Hemisphere. The strongest winter cooling trends have been observed in southern Canada, the eastern United States, and northern Eurasia. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and the…
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Diminishing Sea Ice Having Impact on Seal Pup Populations
06.01.2012
Thinning sea ice cover in the North Atlantic is diminishing harp seal breeding grounds and having an impact on the survival rate of seal pups, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE.
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Beaufort Sea Freshening from Russian River Runoff
05.01.2012
The Beaufort Sea has been becoming fresher recently due to changes in the Arctic Oscillation, causing runoff from Russia’s major rivers to be channeled in the direction of the Western Canadian Arctic.
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Floating Arctic University in the Making
04.01.2012
The Northern Russian port city of Arkhangelsk will host a “floating university” for Arctic research and staff training. A joint project between the Arctic Federal University (NArFU) and the Arctic Hydro-Meteorological Service, lectures and courses will be held aboard the Professor Molchanov research vessel as it conducts research in Arctic…
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Greenland Bedrock Rose Faster after Anomalous Ice Loss
14.12.2011
The unusually warm melting season in 2010 led to a spike in ice loss from the southern part of the Greenland Ice Sheet of about 100 billion tons, according to research conducted by Michael Bevis, professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University, and colleagues. This spike…
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Arctic Permafrost Has Potential to Release More Carbon than Previously Estimated
30.11.2011
A study looking at survey results from 41 international scientists recently published in the journal Nature suggests that the levels of greenhouse gases to be released from thawing permafrost could be significantly higher than previously estimated.
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Current Arctic Sea Ice Loss Unprecedented for past 1,500 Years
25.11.2011
Scientists at Natural Resources Canada have reported in a study published in Nature that recent dramatic Arctic sea ice loss is greater than any natural variation in the past 1,500 years. The loss has been driven by a series of factors that never coincided in historical periods of major sea ice…
