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March 18, 2024
NATO prepares for Russian threat in harsh Arctic

Badderen , Norway (AFP) Mar 11, 2024
Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy. "There is a saying that 'if you want to keep the peace, you need to prepare for war'," the 19-year-old corporal told AFP, clutching his automatic rifle. "That's what we're doing." The simulated assault on NATO's frigid Arctic fringe was part of its sprawling, four-month Steadfast Defender exercise - the largest drills st ... read more
Slowdown in Arctic sea ice movement, impacting marine transport and climate
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2024
A groundbreaking study by York University researchers reveals a significant shift in Arctic sea ice dynamics, forecasting a slowdown in sea ice movement in the coming decades. This change could have ... more
Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt
Pueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 28, 2024
In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more
Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt
Pueblo Bello, Colombia (AFP) Feb 21, 2024
In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains. ... more
Icy reception for plan to 'save' Venezuela's last glacier
Caracas (AFP) March 5, 2024
A small patch of ice among bare rock is all that remains of Venezuela's last glacier, which the government hopes to restore to its former glory using a geothermal blanket. ... more
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Speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
There's enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will happen to these glaciers over the coming decades is the biggest un ... more
UMaine researchers use GPS-tracked icebergs in novel study to improve climate models
Orono ME (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environmen ... more
Glacier shrinkage is causing a "green transition"
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Microbial life will flourish in mountain streams because of ongoing glacier shrinkage. This is what a team of scientists from EPFL and Charles University, Prague, report in a paper published in Natu ... more
'Very worried': Scientists fret as Antarctic sea ice dwindles
The Arc Simon Bolivar, Antarctica (AFP) March 2, 2024
Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it. ... more
Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periods
Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2024
Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willingness to expand their diets. ... more
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Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone realized
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024
In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Th ... more
Yale joins the 'Snowball' fight over global deep freeze periods
New Haven CT (SPX) Feb 12, 2024
A Yale-led research team has picked a side in the "Snowball Earth" debate over the possible cause of planet-wide deep freeze events that occurred in the distant past. According to a new study, ... more
What turned Earth into a giant snowball 700m years ago
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2024
Australian geologists have used plate tectonic modelling to determine what most likely caused an extreme ice-age climate in Earth's history, more than 700 million years ago. The study, publish ... more
Satellite-Derived Data Powers ALEX, Offering Insight into Arctic Permafrost Thaw
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2024
In an era where climate change's effects are increasingly evident in the Arctic, the necessity for advanced tools to observe and manage permafrost landscapes has never been more critical. The Arctic ... more
Ice cores provide first documentation of rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past
Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 12, 2024
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end o ... more
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada

Ottawa (AFP) Feb 9, 2024
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in Canada's far north as unseasonably warm weather on Friday also saw its largest city, Toronto, break a winter heat record. Communities in Ontario and neighboring Manitoba provinces declared a state of emergency as the warm spell made the network of ice roads - which across Canada spans more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) between dispersed populations - unpassable. Many remote communities in Canada's north depend on ice roads - compacted ... read more
In Antarctica, scientists study extent of microplastics
Gerlache Strait, Antarctica (AFP) Feb 7, 2024
In remote Antarctica, Colombian marine biologist Paulo Tigreros dips a net into the icy waters in his hunt for microplastics in what should be one of the best-preserved ecosystems in the world. ... more

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Canada ice fishing season gets off to late start due to warm weather
Sainte-Anne-De-La-Perade, Canada (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
On a frozen river in Canada, a cluster of brightly coloured cabins stand out against the white snow as vehicles crawl to and fro. ... more
Permafrost alone holds back Arctic rivers - and a lot of carbon
Providence RI (SPX) Feb 02, 2024
New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers. Permafrost, the thick layer of soil that stays frozen ... more
Greenland absorbs more methane than it emits: study
Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 31, 2024
Greenland absorbs more of the greenhouse gas methane than it emits, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen released Wednesday. ... more
Scientists warn missing Russian data causing Arctic climate blind spots
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2024
Loss of scientific data from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned Monday. ... more
Colombian mission to Antarctica analyzes climate change footprints
Aboard The Arc Simon Bolivar, Antarctica (AFP) Jan 20, 2024
Colombia's 10th Antarctic Expedition is making its way to the far reaches of the continent, exploring remote and almost untouched places inhabited by penguins, whales and the occasional seal. ... more
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