Tag: Arctic - Page 7
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Chasing Frankenstein Above the Arctic Circle
"Nowadays everyone knows the price of everything, but the value of
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Reconciling Arctic Expectations with Modern Realities
I left Canada a few days ago to come to this remarkably remote place at 78
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DJ Spooky Tells the Political Tale of Two Poles
"How can I know what
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Norway to Ship Iron Ore Across Arctic to China - First Non-Russian Carrier to Use Northeast Passage
With both the northwest and northeast passages open thanks to Arctic ice melting due to climate change, it was only a matter of time before this happened: For the first time a non-Russian flagged commercial bulk carrier will
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DJ Spooky Channels Arctic Amplification into Song
"I had started on a voyage of discovery, only to find that it was I who was being discovered." - Tété-Michel
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DJ Spooky Sets Sail for the Arctic Ocean
The explorer Roald Amundsen once said "adventure is just bad
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10,000+ Walruses Come Ashore in Alaska As Arctic Ice Melts
In an event that the US Geological Survey is saying is "directly related to the lack of sea ice" in the Chukchi Sea, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska. The AP quotes USGS biologist
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Last Time Arctic Was Ice Free Was 100,000+ Years Ago & That's Where We're Heading
Perhaps you don't need more convincing that whether a given year sets a new record or not Arctic sea ice is on the decline, but maybe you do: Climate Progress highlights
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Permafrost Melting Releases Mercury Into Swedish Lake
Lots of environmentally bad stuff is happening as the world's permafrost melts, mostly in the realm of releasing stored greenhouse gases. But, as Conservation points out, a new report in the journal Science of the Total
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Multi-year Arctic Sea Ice Continues Dramatic Declines, Even If No New Record Low Likely
Recent projections on the extent of Arctic sea ice melt showed, though this year's melting would be significant, no new record would be set. New data for July from the National Snow and Ice Data Center confirms this trend, but importantly
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Melting Arctic Sea Ice Won't Expand Ocean's Carbon Storage Potential
Knock off one natural counterbalance to global warming: A new study in the Science shows that any hope that as Arctic sea ice melts and opens up new areas of open water potentially increasing its ability to store
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Stopping Soot Emissions Only Way to Prevent Runaway Arctic Sea Ice Melting
More on the high, but heretofore largely neglected, role that soot plays in
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Greenland Glacier Retreats One Mile Overnight! NASA Shows Satellite Photos
image: NASA NASA's just released some pretty dramatic satellite photos of the north branch of Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier from July 6 and 7--when an area of ice 2.7 square miles in size ( more than twice the size of New York City's Central Park),
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Russia Launches Barge For Floating Nuclear Power Plant
Does the idea of a nuclear
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Visions of the Arctic Reveal an Uncertain Future (Slideshow)
For nearly a decade, Florian Schulz has traveled the Arctic, documenting the region's scenery and wildlife. During this time, he has logged hundreds of hours in the air to compile an extensive collection of Arctic aerial
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Visions of the Arctic Reveal an Uncertain Future
For nearly a decade, Florian Schulz has traveled the Arctic, documenting the region's scenery and wildlife. During this time, he has logged hundreds of hours in the air to compile an extensive collection of Arctic aerial photography—and the results,
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Scientists Predict Continued Rapid Summer Arctic Sea Ice Decline - But No New Record
Though currently the extent of Arctic sea ice in lower than it was back in 2007, when the current record minimum was set, two different groups of German scientists' forecasts show continued rapid decline but no new record to be set
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Arctic Ice Cover at Lowest Point in Past Several 1000 Years + Arctic Autumn Will Be Ice-Free This Decade
Two pieces on Arctic ice which are worth paying attention to today: 1) Via Climate Progress, Wieslaw Maslowski of the Naval Postgraduate School has presented some new research showing how autumn in the Arctic is
