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Accelerating Climate Change Requires Urgent Emission Reductions

30.11.2009

With ice sheets melting at an increasing rate and Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than projected, The Copenhagen Diagnosis, a new report documenting the key findings in climate change science since the publication of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, has been released to give an update on scientific…
Global Warming Threatens Infrastructure in Canada’s North

30.11.2009

Roads, buildings and other infrastructure in northern Canada will be increasingly affected by global warming with disastrous consequences as temperatures become increasingly milder in the area, according to a recent report by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).
Raising Awareness about Inuit Culture during the Year of the Inuit

30.11.2009

The Canadian Government has officially declared 2010 the Year of the Inuit in Canada.
New Study to Help Oil Companies Prepare for Potential Arctic Spills

18.11.2009

On November 17th, oil companies presented the results of a recent study which they believe will prepare them for any future oil spills in the Arctic. Because of the particular - and thus far mostly unstudied - nature of oil spills in the Arctic, seven major oil companies banded together…
Ozone Hole over Antarctica Slowly Recovering

18.11.2009

In September 2009, the size of the ozone hole over the Earth'ssouthernmost continent reached its springtime peak. It was measured to bethe 10th largest on record, according to researchers from the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Study Results Force New Australian Antarctic Division UV Exposure Policy

17.11.2009

The results of a new collaborative study by the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency show that many who go on Antarctic expeditions receive more than the recommended limit of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. According to the study, the extended duration of sunlight in…
Phytoplankton Trapping CO2 in Open Antarctic Waters

11.11.2009

According to a study conducted by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists and published in Global Change Biology, phytoplankton are starting to flourish in new areas of open water and are trapping an estimated 3.5 million tons of carbon (or 12.8 million tones of CO2 equivalent) each year. While this is…
Pollen Remains Indicate Warmer Temperatures in Arctic 50 Million Years Ago

26.10.2009

Research recently published in Nature Geoscience indicates that palmtrees flourished in the Arctic during an unusual "Hothouse" period some 50 million years ago. Scientists involved in an international studyled by Appy Sluijs of Utrecht University in the Netherlands foundpollen from palms, conifers, oaks, pecans and other species of treesfrom more…
Arctic Lake Sediment Cores Show Recent Warming and Ecological Changes

21.10.2009

The results of a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on October 19th showed unprecedented biological and chemical changes in a sediment core retrieved from the bottom of an Arctic lake on the east coast of…
As Ice Melts, Arctic Predicted to Become Stormier

16.10.2009

University of Colorado at Boulder.