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Sea Level Rise Could Exceed Previous Forecasts

21.04.2008

A UK/ Finnish team of scientists brought new data to light at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) annual meeting suggesting the world's sea level would rise between 0.8m and 1.5m by the end of the 21st century. This new insight significantly exceeds last year's forecast presented by the Intergovernmental Panel…
IPF Attends European Geosciences Union in Vienna

18.04.2008

The European Geosciences Union held its annual General Assembly at the Austria Center in Vienna from April 13th-18th. Approximately 8,000 scientists and graduate students from every corner of the globe and from a wide variety of disciplines within the earth sciences attended. Researchers and students presented their findings to their…
Maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent below Average

16.04.2008

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has published information and analysis on the Arctic's sea ice extent on the "Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis" site. The April 7 entry offers information on the Arctic's maximum sea ice extent and details the ice's condition as the melt season…
Melting Ice Caps Could Increase Volcanic Eruptions

15.04.2008

An article published in the New Scientist magazine suggests that climate change and the melting of ice caps could cause an increase in global volcanic activity. Research scientists Carolina Pagli of the University of Leeds, UK, and Freysteinn Sigmundsson of the University of Iceland studied the effects of the melting…
Unique Data from the Arctics Winter Atmosphere Brought Home

15.04.2008

German scientist Jürgen Graeser, a member of the Potsdam Research Unit of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, returned to Germany in April 2008 after having spent seven months on a drifting ice floe. Over the course of the International Polar Year, this…
NOAA Studies Arctic Pollution

08.04.2008

NOAA scientists want to be able to know whether the "Arctic Haze" occurring every winter and spring is linked to the rapid warming of the Arctic over a few decades. A couple of studies are going to be done in order to provide more data about the possible relationship between…
NASA Studies Low Arctic Atmospheric Composition

02.04.2008

The first stage of the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) field campaign is being launched this week in Fairbanks, Alaska. Carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the idea is to investigate how air pollution contributes to climate change…
Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica Begins to Disintegrate

26.03.2008

Satellite data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center reveals that the Wilkins Ice Shelf, a broad plate of permanent floating ice on the southwest Antarctic Peninsula, has begun to collapse. Satellite images indicate that the Wilkins began its collapse on February 28, when a large iceberg fell away…
New Species of Giant Marine Life Found during Antarctic Sea Survey

25.03.2008

New Zealand conducted a major biological survey of the Ross Sea in the Antarctic as part of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) and the International Polar Year (IPY). From the 31st of January to the 20th of March 2008, the team aboard the RV Tangaroa came across giant-sized…
Interesting History of Arctic Haze

19.03.2008

A team composed of Tim Garrett, assistant professor of meteorology at the University of Utah, and Lisa Verzella, a former undergraduate student, have found tangible evidence the existence of an Arctic haze as early as 1870.