Study Shows Canada’s Far North Glaciers Are Melting Fast
Canada’s Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries, research by European-funded scientists has shown. They say 20 percent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of this century, which would mean an extra sea level rise of 3.5cm The results of the research, part of the EU-funded … Read More
From Heat Wave to Snowstorms, March Goes to Extremes
The weather pattern that is responsible for the cold weather this year is unusual, even though it is not resulting in a month that so far is running much below average across the U.S. Rather, the weather pattern is yielding a return to near-normal March weather in some places, which seems like a major shock to the system after last year's nonexiste… Read More
Greening Tundra Shows Impacts of Spreading Warmth
The Arctic is on the move. The North Pole is in the same place, but Arctic conditions have begun to shift. A study of 30 years of satellite data confirms that the difference in temperatures between the seasons has diminished. Conditions now have shifted the equivalent of four or five degrees of latitude southward. At the same time, vegetation has … Read More
Shell Barred From Arctic Drilling Without Overhaul
Shell "screwed up" drilling for oil in Arctic waters and will not be allowed back without a comprehensive overhaul of its plans, the Obama administration said on Thursday. A government review found the oil company was not prepared for the extreme conditions in the Arctic, which resulted in a series of blunders and accidents culminating in the New … Read More
Large Fractures Spotted in Vulnerable Arctic Sea Ice
During the end of February and continuing into early March, large fractures in the sea ice were observed off the north coast of Alaska and Canada, from near Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic to Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S.… Read More
Warmer Arctic with Less Ice Increases Storm Surge
Rising temperatures are shrinking Arctic sea ice, and in Canada’s Northwest Territories, that means more and stronger storm surges, according to a new study. An analysis of lakebed sediments from one section of the outer Mackenzie Delta shows surges have become more intense and frequent over the past 150 years as the region has warmed and ice has… Read More
Study Shows A Future In Trans-Arctic Shipping
This shift could dramatically increase trans-Arctic commerce during at least a few weeks out of the year, even opening up temporary “supra-polar” routes along which moderately ice-strengthened ships could sail directly over the North Pole, slashing days off the travel time between Europe and the Far East.… Read More
Ice Bubbles May Solve Carbon-Temperature Paradox
Climate scientists have shown over and over that when there’s more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global temperatures are higher. When there’s less, they’re lower. But when they look in more detail, they see something odd. Ancient records locked in the ice covering Antarctica and Greenland seem to show that CO2 starts to rise hundreds of years … Read More
