News tagged with ice cover
Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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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).
How will the Arctic sea ice cover develop this summer?
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Jul 09, 2008 |
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The ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost 100 per cent probability, below that of the year 2005 – the year with the second lowest sea ice extent ever measured. Chances ...
Climate change threatens Lake Baikal's unique biota
May 01, 2009 |
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Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to an analysis by a joint US-Russian team in the May ...
Scientists: Less ice on Great Lakes during winter
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated ...
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A new insight into the decline of the Arctic sea ice cover
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May 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
The least sea ice in 800 years
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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New research, which reconstructs the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice as there is now. The ...
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
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Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record. The new results, ...
Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since satellite record-keeping began in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at ...
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 ...
New Arctic satellite data shows Arctic literally on thin ice
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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The latest data from NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center show the continuation of a decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice extent in the Arctic, including new ...
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 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 ...
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.
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.
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