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Arctic sea ice low, struggling to winter maximum

Data released March 1, 20011 by NOAA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center shows that the seasonal extant of Arctic sea ice at the end of February, 20011, stood at a well below the level set in February...

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Arctic sea ice at the record low for beginning of March

Arctic sea ice extent for February 2011 tied with February 2005 as the lowest recorded in the satellite record. Sea ice extent was particularly low in the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence....

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Arctic plankton blooming up to 50 days earlier now

Each summer, an explosion of tiny ocean-dwelling plants and algae, called phytoplankton, anchors the Arctic food web. But these vital annual blooms of phytoplankton are now peaking up to 50 days...

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Record breaking ozone hole over the Arctic this spring driven by climate change

Over the past few days ozone-depleted air masses extended from the north pole to southern Scandinavia leading to higher than normal levels of ultraviolet UV radiation during sunny days in southern...

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Meltwater pooling in Arctic Ocean called a “wild card” in climate change...

A massive, growing pool of icy meltwater in the Arctic Ocean is a wild card in future climate scenarios, European researchers said today. Estimated in 2009 at more than 7,500 cubic km – twice the...

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Arctic sea ice melt on pace to set record low volume this year

The University of Washington’s Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System PIOMAS model combines data on sea ice concentration with models of ocean and atmospheric conditions to estimate...

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Melt of Artic seabed methane accelerating dramatically

Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an...

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Shrub takeover a sign of Arctic change

In the 2011 Arctic Report Card, scientists concluded that the Arctic environment has undergone a fundamental shift in conditions, and that the Arctic of recent years—warmer, greener, less icy—is likely...

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Huge pool of fresh water expanding in Arctic

A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday. Using satellites to...

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Generals meet to deal with melting Arctic

Defense chiefs from eight Arctic nations agreed on Friday to cooperate more closely to deal with disasters and search and rescue operations in the remote resource-rich region, Canada’s top soldier...

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