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NRC Releases Synthesis of Reports on the State of the Polar Regions
04.04.2012
The US National Research Council (NRC) has just released a synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists from 60 countries who participated in research projects during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007- 2008.
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CryoSat Validation Mission Shows Blue Ice Region in Antarctica Rising
31.03.2012
As part of its mission to validate the data ESA’s CryoSat satellite delivers, a team of scientists recently took some field measurements in the blue ice region in the Dronning Maud Land in East Antarctica. What the team found is that the elevation of this vast region close to the…
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Ice Shelves in West Antarctica Being Torn Apart
31.03.2012
A study published in the Journal of Glaciology indicates that the ice shelves of West Antarctica are being “torn apart” as the flow of the glaciers which feed into the ice shelves has been accelerating.
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2012 Winter Maximum
31.03.2012
Sea ice in the Arctic reached its maximum extent for the winter of 2011-2012 on 18 March, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Total extent reached 15.24 million km2, the ninth lowest maximum sea ice extent on record.
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge 2012 Arctic Season Underway
20.03.2012
NASA’s Operation IceBridge to measure sea and land ice at the Poles began its mission for the 2012 Arctic season on 13 March. From now until May, a modified P-3 aircraft will fly daily missions out of Thule and Kangerlussaq in Greenland and will also make a trip to Fairbanks,…
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Study Indicates Greenland Ice Sheet Could Melt Completely with 1.6°C of Warming
12.03.2012
Researchers from the Potsdam Institute of for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid suggest that the Greenland Ice Sheet might be more vulnerable to climate warming that previously believed.
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Sea Ice Extent Low in Barents Sea and High in Bering Sea, according to NSIDC
12.03.2012
Continuing the trend from January 2012, Arctic sea ice extent was low on the Atlantic side of the Arctic and high on the Pacific side during February 2012, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. Temperatures in the Barents, Laptev and Kara Seas in…
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Understanding Longevity of Baydjarakh in Arctic Permafrost
06.03.2012
Polygonal peat plateaus known as baydjarakh, which form through the partial degradation of permafrost, have been stable features of the landscape in Arctic coastal areas for as long as hundreds of thousands of years. However understanding the mechanisms behind their continued longevity, especially as the climate warms, has remained a…
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Multi-Year Sea Ice Loss in Arctic Leading to Increase in Mercury Pollution
05.03.2012
A recent NASA-led study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres has shown that declining multi-year sea ice cover in the Arctic over the past few decades has been intensifying a chemical reaction that ultimately results in greater deposits of toxic mercury in the Arctic.
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NASA Study Finds Old Arctic Ice Vanishing Rapidly
02.03.2012
A new NASA study has found that the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic appears to be vanishing faster than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the ice cap covering the Arctic Ocean.
