News tagged with arctic sea


A new insight into the decline of the Arctic sea ice cover

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

The mechanical behavior of the Arctic sea ice cover appears to favor its rapid decline. Scientists from INSU-CNRS, Université J. Fourier and Université de Savoie, France, have analyzed the trajectories of drifting ...


Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules (AP)

Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(AP) -- The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened ...


Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule (AP)

Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.


Arctic ice

Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (70) | comments 12

Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).


Decline in greenhouse gas emissions would reduce sea-level rise, save Arctic Sea ice

Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (88) | comments 15

The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would ...


Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (62) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated. New research says the Arctic might lose most of its ice cover in summer in as few ...


Arctic Sea Ice Extent, September 2008

Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent, likely lowest volume

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (32) | comments 78

Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, ...


NASA data show Arctic saw fastest August sea ice retreat on record

NASA data show Arctic saw fastest August sea ice retreat on record

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 28, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on the 2008 melt season. Although the melt season did not break the record for ice loss, NASA data ...



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