Arctic ice
July 1st, 2008
Arctic ice
NASA - Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems
ecomyths: Researchers find arctic may have had less ice 6000-7000 years ago
The arctic may have periodically been nearly ice free in recent geologic history, after the last ice age. It is clear from this that we don't really know as much as some think they do about climatic and ice cycles of our planet.
1st commercial ship sails through Northwest Passage
The Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed that in a major first, a commercial ship travelled through the Northwest Passage this fall to deliver supplies to communities in western Nunavut.
The MV Camilla Desgagnés, owned by Desgagnés Transarctik Inc., transported cargo from Montreal to the hamlets of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak in September.
Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'
Arctic sea ice thickness "plummeted" last winter, thinning by as much as 49cm in some regions, data shows.
Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Scenes from Antarctica - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Researchers find arctic may have had less ice 6000-7000 years ago " Watts Up With That?
What they found was intriguing. The arctic may have periodically been nearly ice free in recent geologic history, after the last ice age. It is clear from this that we don?t really know as much as some think they do about climatic and ice cycles of our planet.
Snow In The Arctic: An Ingredient In A Surprising Chemical Cocktail
In the Arctic in spring, the snow cover gives off nitrogen oxides. This phenomenon, the extent of which had not been previously realized, is the source of one third of the nitrates present in the Arctic atmosphere, according to researchers. Scientists made a quantitative study of the origin and evolution of nitrogen compounds in the Arctic atmosphere, in order to understand their environmental impact on this region.
Cape Farewell - The cultural response to climate change
Northwest Passage Map | Global Warming | Sea Ice | Canada Arctic
New Life Beneath Sea And Ice
Scientists have long known that life can exist in some very extreme environments. But Earth continues to surprise us. At a European Science Foundation and COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) 'Frontiers of Science' meeting in Sicily in October, scientists described apparently productive ecosystems in two places where life was not known before, under the Antarctic ice sheet, and above concentrated salt lakes beneath the Mediterranean. In both cases, innumerable tiny microbes are fixing or holding onto quantities of organic carbon large enough to be significant in the global carbon cycle
When It Comes To Sea Level Changing Glaciers, New NASA Technique Measures Up
Scientists have used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a significant contributor to global sea level rise over the next 50-100 years.
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The Overnightscape #695 (Thursday, April 3, 2008 / 59:00 / 27.2 MB / theovernightscape.com) - Tonight’s subjects include: Frank’s father, Frank Ralph Nora, returns to the show with stories from Svalbard “The Trek” and “The Sled Dogs of Spitsbergen”, rough year, Nanny’s ghost, the frightened plumber, a fascination with the Arctic and the Antarctic, cruise [...]
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Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS, HIV and avian influenza are on the rise, researchers report in the journal Nature. They say that areas in which humans and animals come in very close contact are a key grounds for emerging diseases.
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Al Qaeda wacks Musharraf and tells Pakistanis to rebel. This from the same folks saying to cant display cucumbers near tomatoes. Apparently Masa'llah! is WTF in Arabic - thanks to my Muslim co-worker. I download and install Xobni - a very cool inbox manipulator for Outlook. Al Gore the climatologist. I describe a new video game called Land Of Liberty which someone should develop where all the bosses are authoritarian politicians who try to take over the planet. The Iranian President At Ground Zero? Masa'llah!
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Fresh alert on meltdown of the Greenland ice sheet and Arctic ice - Times Online
Geneva A rise in global temperatures of less than 2C (3.6F) could begin a meltdown of the Greenland ice sheet and Arctic sea ice, causing sea levels to rise by several metres and threatening tens of millions of people, according to a study by WWF ...
Loss of Arctic sea ice nears last year's record - Anchorage Daily News
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ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic - SpaceRef
The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 years. These long term data sets in combination with ...
Climate change gathers steam, say scientists - PhysOrg
This image shows Markham Fiord, in August, after the Markham Ice Shelf broke away. "In the last couple of years, Arctic Sea ice is at an all-time low in summer, which has got a lot of people very, very concerned," commented Robert Watson, Chief ...
Narwhals trappe in arctic ice - Calgary Herald
As many as 400 tusked whales could be trapped in the ice north of Baffin Island--far more than originally estimated--making it one of the biggest strandings ever seen in the Arctic. The narwhals were spotted last week by Inuit hunters snowmobiling on ...
Soot darkens ice, stokes runaway Arctic melt: study - Reuters
POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Soot is darkening ice in the Arctic and speeding a melt that could make the ocean around the North Pole ice-free in summer well before 2050, experts said on Tuesday. The experts said the fight against warming in the Arctic ...
Obama's election brings hope to climate talks - Charleston Gazette
POZNAN, Poland (AP) -- Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States -- one of the world's biggest polluters -- may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from ...
Shippers, oil companies gauge benefits of less Arctic ice - Anchorage Daily News
WASHINGTON -- With global warming melting the Arctic's eons-old ice at an alarming rate, shipping and oil companies are looking ahead at how to exploit the new open waters. For the past 30 years, the summer Arctic ice pack has been shrinking. In 2007 ...
Two degree rise could spark Greenland ice sheet meltdown: WWF - PhysOrg
Graphic on a WWF study on the meltdown of Arctic ice. The WWF has warned that a less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice. A less than two degree ...
Fednav first in Canada to make its environmental policy accessible ... - CNW Group
MONTREAL, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - The Fednav Group, an international shipowner and ship chartering company based in Montreal, has unveiled its environmental policies and objectives on its website (www.fednav.com). Fednav is the first Canadian shipping ...