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Global glacier melt continues
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, indicate a further loss of average ice thickness ...
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Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2009, third lowest ever recorded
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National ...
Arctic ice pack at third lowest extent since 1979: US
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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The Arctic sea ice pack thawed to its third smallest size on record during the northern hemisphere summer of 2009, US government scientists said, citing satellite images.
Researchers say Arctic sea ice still at risk despite cold winter
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on “thin ice” when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average winter ...
Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate
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Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
New method to estimate sea ice thickness
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Mar 05, 2008 |
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Scientists recently developed a new modeling approach to estimate sea ice thickness. This is the only model based entirely on historical observations.
NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ...
Greenland ice sheet larger contributor to sea-level rise
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Jun 12, 2009 |
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes.
Arctic ice cap 'to disappear in future summers'
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.
NASA data show Arctic saw fastest August sea ice retreat on record
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Sep 28, 2008 |
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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 ...
Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, Ponds: A Thing of the Past?
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Jan 11, 2008 |
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If you're planning to ice skate on a local lake or river this winter, you may need to think twice, according to scientists John Magnuson, Olaf Jensen and Barbara Benson of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. ...
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