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The Arctic Ocean may have passed a crucial tipping point that could harm food webs and worsen climate change
The Arctic Ocean is losing sea ice at an unprecedented rate, mainly because of human-caused climate change. While the amount ...
A Liberal MP says that Canada will have to "use it or lose it" if it wants to see off challenges from Russia and maintain control over its interests in the Arctic, particularly as melting ice opens up ...
Tiny particles bubbling up from the tops of melting sea ice into the Arctic sky may be a key, understudied element of cloud formation in that climate-sensitive region. Ice-nucleating particles can ...
Researchers recently performed the first scientific test of sea ice thickening in the field, but there remains a big question ...
US government scientists reported Monday that the Arctic Ocean’s floating ice cover has shrivelled to its second lowest extent since satellite records began in 1979. Until this month, only once in the ...
The Arctic is warming faster than any other part of the planet, and the area of sea ice continues to shrink. Against this ...
Sea ice north of Greenland.Credit: Courtesy Andy Mahoney, NSIDC. For the past 30 years, satellites have been tracking a stunning decline in the sea ice and snow cover blanketing the Arctic. Now, new ...
Discover how marine heat waves in the Arctic have surged since the 1980s, with events lasting over a year due to melting ice and warming temperatures, disrupting ecosystems and impacting global ...
Despite rising global temperatures, the ice in the Arctic Ocean has barely receded since 2005. Researchers are surprised - ...
Melting icebergs are creating hidden arctic homes as disappearing glaciers reshape the deep ocean. Scientists found that ...
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