Environmental stories tagged with: antarctic

Iceberg

Oceanic see-saw links the hemispheres during abrupt climate change

Thursday, 26th February 2009, 5:33 pm
A new study published in the journal 'Nature' this week reveals, for the first time, that temperature changes over Greenland and in North Atlantic ocean circulation played a central role in abrupt climate change during the last Ice Age.
Iceberg

Climate Models of Future Antarctic Climate May Be Unreliable

Sunday, 18th May 2008, 2:26 pm
Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University.
  Iceberg

Antarctic Icebergs: Hotspots of Ocean Life

Friday, 22nd June 2007, 1:04 pm
Global climate change is causing Antarctic ice shelves to shrink and split apart, yielding thousands of free-drifting icebergs in the nearby Weddell Sea.
Climate Change

Are We at Tipping Point?

Tuesday, 19th June 2007, 6:59 pm
According to two new reports from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth's climate close to a critical tipping point.
  Nunatak

Antarctica – the Coolest Live Earth Gig in the World

Wednesday, 13th June 2007, 3:49 pm
What must surely be the coolest gig in this summer's Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) Rothera Research Station.
Climate Change

Climate Change Affects Southern Ocean Carbon Sink

Friday, 18th May 2007, 11:48 am
The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earth’s natural carbon ‘sinks’ is published this week in the journal Science.
Iceberg

NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past

Wednesday, 16th May 2007, 2:43 pm
A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures.
 
 
 
 
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