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Weatherwatch: Arctic sea ice breakup is bad news for polar bears
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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The breakup of Arctic sea ice means polar bears will struggle to survive. Photograph: Paul Goldstein/ Rex Features Last week Arctic sea ice contracted to its smallest extent, before sub-zero temperatures arrived and the ice-sheet began to grow again.
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Arctic sea ice shrinking faster
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate much faster than scientists ever predicted and its collapse, due to global warming, may well cause extreme weather this winter in North America and Europe, according to climate scientists. Last month, researchers
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Record-breaking Arctic ice melt - experts respond (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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The new data shows that sea ice extent in the Arctic has already shrunk to 70,000 square kilometres below the previous record low in2007, with two or three weeks in the melt season still left to go.The six lowest ice extents in the satellite record
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Along with the Arctic ice, the rich world's smugness will melt | George Monbiot
Murmansk :: Russia | 9 months ago
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Greenpeace activists in the Barents Sea who attached themselves to the anchor of a Russian ship taking workers to the country's first Arctic oil production base. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty Images There are no comparisons to be made...We are
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Warm Arctic sets record for summer sea ice melt
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
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Critical ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to record low levels this sweltering summer and that can make weather more extreme far away from the poles, scientists say. The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that the
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It's official: Arctic sea ice levels have reached a record low [Environment]
Nuuk :: Greenland | 9 months ago
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Sea ice levels shrink every summer, but this year has been different. Yesterday brought some big news: the extent of Arctic sea ice has officially reached a record low. What's more, it's done so weeks earlier than ever before and it's not done
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Saving the Arctic is environmentalism's biggest challenge yet | John Sauven
Sydney :: Australia | 9 months ago
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Saving the Arctic is environmentalism's biggest challenge yet Greenpeace needs the support of millions if it is to save the Arctic from destruction by the oil industry There must be a global sanctuary declared in the High Arctic and the Arctic Ocean
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Arctic sea ice on course for `record` melt
Boulder :: CO :: USA | 9 months ago
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The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by floating sea ice is likely to hit a record low next week, with the melting due to continue well into September, researchers monitoring the region by satellite have revealed.
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Arctic sea ice 'melting faster'
Nuuk :: Greenland | 9 months ago
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UK scientists combined results from Cryosat, which uses radar to measure ice thickness, with data from Nasa's IceSat, which uses lasers. Their preliminary analysis suggests an annual ice loss of up to 900 cubic km a year from 2004...But the new
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Arctic sea ice melting on par with 2007 record
Boulder :: CO :: USA | 10 months ago
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Arctic sea ice melt in 2012 is even greater than the records set in 2007. Photgraph: Steven J Kazlowski/Alamy With about a month and a half remaining in the Arctic melt season, sea ice cover continues to decline at a rapid pace, and is currently on
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