Environmental stories tagged with: arctic
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.
 Climate Models of Future Antarctic Climate May Be UnreliableSunday, 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.
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Climate change: Arctic Impact AcceleratesThursday, 24th April 2008, 3:10 pm
A new study by WWF warns that climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought.
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 Arctic Heat Wave Stuns Climate Change ResearchersTuesday, 2nd October 2007, 8:35 pm
Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a team led by Canada's Queen's University climate change project have begun revising their forecasts.
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Short Cut between Europe and Asia OpensTuesday, 18th September 2007, 4:26 pm
Before the Suez Canal opened in 1869, the shortest sea route to Asia was the perilous journey around the southern tip of South Africa, but now an alternative route has opened up, but this is not good news.
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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.
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.
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 Affects Southern Ocean Carbon Sink
Friday, 18th May 2007, 11:48 am
The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earths natural carbon sinks is published this week in the journal Science.
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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