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Tropical Storms Trigger Antarctic Ice Melt

New factors have been identified which contribute to record-high temperatures and ice melt over the eastern Antarctic Peninsula and Larsen C Ice Shelf. The study,…

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Tropical Storms Trigger Antarctic Ice Melt

New factors have been identified which contribute to record-high temperatures and ice melt over the eastern Antarctic Peninsula and Larsen C Ice Shelf. The study,…

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Melting Arctic Ice Could Transform International Shipping Routes, Study Finds

With climate change rapidly warming the world’s oceans, the future of the Arctic Ocean looks grim. Climate models show that parts of the Arctic that…

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Over 120 Scientific Experts’ Global Ocean Report Shows Unprecedented Climate Change Impact, as Arctic Registers Record Low Ice Levels

  Arctic ice levels logged in the last two years have reached record lows, whilst per decade have – on average since 1979 to 2020…

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Arctic Methane Release Due to Melting Ice is Likely to Happen Again

Beneath the cold, dark depths of the Arctic ocean sit vast reserves of methane. These stores rest in a delicate balance, stable as a solid…

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Climate Research: Rapid Formation of Iodic Particles Over the Arctic – More Clouds Could Cause Ice to Melt Faster

When sea ice melts and the water surface increases, more iodine-containing vapours rise from the sea. Scientists from the international research network CLOUD have now…

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Pandemic Delays, But Doesn’t Slow, Ice Melt Research in Greenland

Despite racing against impending harsh weather conditions, a red and white World War II aircraft flew slowly and steadily over the icy waters surrounding Greenland…

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Some polar bears in far north are getting short-term benefit from thinning ice

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Scientists Map Freshwater Transport in the Arctic Ocean

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Winter sea ice in Bering Sea reached lowest levels in millennia: study

The Bering Sea ice cover during the winters of 2018 and 2019 hit new lows not seen in thousands of years, scientists reported on Wednesday,…

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Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests

Fracture at the front of Ross ice shelf, the largest in Antarctica. A platform of ice nearly four times the size of the UK is…

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Greenland ice sheet lost a record 1m tonnes of ice per minute in 2019

The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows….

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Greenland’s ice sheet saw record mass loss in 2019, study finds

Greenland’s ice sheet lost a record amount of mass last year, according to a study published on Thursday, a finding that could prompt scientists to…

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