Sea Ice News - Earth Science News RSS FeedsEarth Science :: Sea IceSea Ice News Stories, Current Sea Ice News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Sea_Ice Sea Ice News Stories Current Sea Ice News Events, Discoveries and Articles First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week (Tuesday 1 December) by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). (2009-12-01) Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic. (2009-11-11) Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, scientists report You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science. (2009-10-09) NASA flies to Antarctica for largest airborne polar ice survey NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's polar regions. (2009-10-09) Peering under the ice of a collapsing polar coast Starting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pace far beyond what scientists expected a few years ago. (2009-10-08) Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend, says U. of Colorado report Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend leading toward ice-free Arctic summers, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center. (2009-10-07) Arctic Sea ice extent is third lowest on record U.S. satellite measurements show Arctic sea ice extent in 2009 - the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by floating ice - was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979. (2009-10-07) Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. (2009-10-01) Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2009, third lowest ever recorded 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 Snow and Ice Data Center. (2009-09-18) UA scientists seek new emphases in Arctic climate change research Much of circumpolar Arctic research focuses on the physical, direct changes resulting from climate warming such as sea ice retreat and temperature increases. (2009-09-11) |
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