An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Last year’s summer was so warm that it helped trigger the loss of 600 billion tons of ice from Greenland — enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2mm in just two months, new research has found. Unlike the retreat of sea ice, the loss of land-based glaciers directly causes the seas…
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How a research ship drifting near the North Pole avoided a coronavirus disaster
The consequences of the coronavirus outbreak have affected one of the most remote scientific expeditions on the planet: the research ship Polarstern, which is carrying hundreds of researchers as it drifts in sea ice near the North Pole. Source: https://www.livescience.com/icebreaker-polarstern-arctic-coronavirus.html
Melting Glaciers: Effects on the Environment, Humans, and Biodiversity
Recently, the temperature in the Arctic appears to have hit a new continental high, close to 70 degrees. That’s leading to continued melting of glaciers in the Arctic and around the world. But how will that impact the world’s ecosystems? Dr. David Hik is an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science as well as […]
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Arctic ice melt changing major ocean current
A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, according to a new study. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/arctic-ice-melt-changing-major-ocean-current-beaufort-gyre…
Meet the narwhal, ‘unicorn of the sea’
This Arctic whale has the only spiral tooth found in nature. But there’s more to the narwhal than its unique tusk. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/narwhal-unicorn-of-sea-arctic-whale…
November 2019 was 2nd hottest on record for planet
Last month was the 2nd warmest November in the 140-year global climate record, and polar sea ice coverage shrank to near-record lows, according to a NOAA report. . Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/november-2019-2nd-hottest-on-record-for-planet…
2019 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights
NOAA’s 14th annual Arctic Report Card recounts the ways that climate change continued to alter the north polar region during 2019. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/2019-arctic-report-card-visual-highlights-video…
Arctic sea ice may vanish sooner than we thought – it happened before
A strange discrepancy in global temperatures 8000 years ago can be explained if sea ice is more vulnerable to the effects of warming than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2226902-arctic-sea-ice-may-vanish-sooner-than-we-thought-it-happened-before/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melting Seven Times Faster Than In 1990s
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Greenland’s ice sheet is melting much faster than previously thought, threatening hundreds of millions of people with inundation and bringing some of the irreversible impacts of the climate emergency much closer. Ice is being lost from Greenland seven times faster than it was in the 1990s, and the scale and speed of…
Arctic ice loss exposes sea mammals to deadly virus
Scientists have linked melting Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus among sea lions, ice seals, sea otters and other marine mammals. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/arctic-ice-loss-exposes-sea-mammals-to-deadly-virus…