News About Ice Ages
September 18, 2023
Heatwaves hitting Antarctica too

Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
The world saw another year full of extreme weather events resulting from climate change in 2022, from intense storms to soaring temperatures and rising sea levels. Antarctica was no exception, according to new research published this week. In the 33rd annual State of the Climate report, an international assessment of the global climate published Sept. 6 in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, CU Boulder researchers report that the planet's coldest and driest continent experienced b ... read more
Bursting air bubbles may play a key role in how glacier ice melts
Corvallis OR (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Oregon State University research has uncovered a possible clue as to why glaciers that terminate at the sea are retreating at unprecedented rates: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underw ... more
Cruise ship stuck in Greenland fjord refloated: owner
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 14, 2023
A cruise ship carrying 200 passengers that was stuck in a remote Greenland fjord for three days after running aground was refloated on Thursday, the Danish navy and shipowner said. ... more
Cruise ship runs aground in Greenland fjord, no injured
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 12, 2023
A cruise ship with more than 200 people aboard has run aground in a remote Greenland fjord but no injuries were reported, Denmark's navy said Tuesday. ... more
New research explains "Atlantification" of the Arctic Ocean
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 05, 2023
New research by an international team of scientists explains what's behind a stalled trend in Arctic Ocean sea ice loss since 2007. The findings indicate that stronger declines in sea ice will occur ... more
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Measuring the retreat of Italy's largest glacier
Adamello Glacier, Italy (AFP) Sept 4, 2023
The Adamello glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, is slowly being destroyed by global warming, with experts giving it less than a century to survive. ... more
Study quantifies link between greenhouse gases, polar bear survival
Washington (AFP) Aug 31, 2023
Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as rising temperatures melt away the Arctic sea ice they depend upon for survival. ... more
Tides may be responsible for much of under-ice melting in an Antarctica ice shelf
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
The ice shelves - the marine-terminating glaciers of the Antarctic Ice Sheet - are melting, and it's not just because of rising atmospheric temperatures. In a one-two punch, ice shelves in Antarctic ... more
Loss of Antarctic sea ice causes catastrophic breeding failure for Emperor Penguins
London, UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2023
Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor ... more
Scientists voyage to Greenland's melting sanctuary
Ittoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Aug 29, 2023
With rugged red mountains rising on either side, a sailboat carrying scientists deftly snakes between icebergs brimming Greenland's Scoresby Fjord, as they rush to document this understudied region on the frontline of climate change. ... more
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Mountaineers urged to delay Mont Blanc climbs amid Alps heatwave
Chamonix, France (AFP) Aug 22, 2023
Mountaineers preparing to tackle Mont Blanc have been urged by local authorities to delay scaling the summit of western Europe's highest mountain because of a severe heatwave affecting France. ... more
UC Irvine scientists say deepening Arctic snowpack drives greenhouse gas emissions
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2023
Human-caused climate change is shortening the snow cover period in the Arctic. But according to new research led by Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine, some parts of the ... more
Hot spell pushes 'zero-degree' line to record height in Switzerland
Geneva (AFP) Aug 21, 2023
A hot spell enveloping Europe has pushed the zero-degree line - the altitude at which the temperature dips into the minus - to a record height of nearly 5,300 metres (17,400 feet) in Switzerland. ... more
Could artificially dimming the sun prevent ice melt
Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 17, 2023
With methods of so-called geoengineering, the climate could theoretically be artificially influenced and cooled. Bernese researchers have now investigated whether it would be possible to prevent the ... more
2023 set to be another bad year for Swiss glaciers: researcher
Geneva (AFP) Aug 16, 2023
A leading Swiss glaciologist warned Wednesday that 2023 was looking "not good" for the country's glaciers, a year after they suffered a record melt. ... more
Rocket Lab to launch NASA Arctic ice caps satellites

Long Beach CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency's climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024. The two dedicated missions on Electron will deploy one small satellite each to a 525km circular orbit from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from May 2024. The PREFIRE mission has specific LTAN (Local Time of the Ascending Node) requirements and a need for the second satellite to be deployed to space shortly aft ... read more
Russian defence minister inspects Arctic military installations
Moscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2023
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected troops deployed in the Arctic as well as preparations "to defend specially important installations" in this strategic zone, his ministry said Saturday. ... more

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Telecommunications cable used to track sea ice extent in the Arctic
Albany CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
A telecommunications fiber optic cable deployed offshore of Oliktok Point, Alaska recorded ambient seismic noise that can be used to finely track the formation and retreat of sea ice in the area, re ... more
Antarctica vulnerable to extreme events
Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023
According to the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 is likely to have been the hottest month on record. While much of Europe, North America and Asia suffered the immediate consequences of ... more
Extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe
London UK (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new ... more
'Mighty Bad Land': A tale of danger and discovery in West Antarctica
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
In an age where exploration seems long since passed, geology professor Bruce Luyendyk presents a modern story of research and adventure. His memoir "Mighty Bad Land" (Pemuted Press, 2023) chronicles ... more
Sunlight peaks drove Ice Age's abrupt climate shifts, suggests study
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2023
A comprehensive research endeavor led by Heidelberg University and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam has shed new light on the causes of abrupt climate changes in ice ages. The ... more
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