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NASA study finds rising Arctic storm activity sways sea ice, climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (20) | comments 3

A new NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long ...





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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 ...


Less ice in the Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (46) | comments 15

Recent mapping of a number of raised beach ridges on the north coast of Greenland suggests that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean was greatly reduced some 6000-7000 years ago. The Arctic Ocean may have been periodically ice ...


Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (34) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...


Geoscientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute back from an expedition to Labrador Sea

Geoscientists back from expedition to Labrador Sea

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have researched the geology of the seabed in the Labrador Sea on board of the research vessel Maria S. Merian. They have studied the so-called Eirik Drift at the ...


NASA Blue Marble captures ice conditions at the end of the melt season in the Arctic

Arctic ice pack at third lowest extent since 1979: US

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 9

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.


Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2009, third lowest ever recorded

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

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 ...


Alaska volcano erupts twice, ash soars 65,000 feet (AP)

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up (Update)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted several times Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night.


Airborne expedition chases Arctic sea ice questions

Airborne expedition chases Arctic sea ice questions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A small NASA aircraft completed its first successful science flight Thursday in partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve ...


NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning

NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(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 ...


Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'

Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...



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