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Walruses Abandon Ice And Move En Masse To Coast of Alaska
e360 digest An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 walruses, mainly mothers and their calves, have abandoned the shrinking and thinning ice of the Chukchi Sea and hauled out on the Alaska shoreline, according to researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, flora and fauna, ice, mapping, migration, research
Tagged Chukchi Sea, mass movements, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, walrus, walruses
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New study slashes estimate of icecap loss
By Richard Ingham for AFP PARIS — Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists. In … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, antarctica, climate change, global warming, ice, mapping, research, world water
Tagged Angelyn W. Moore, Bert Vermeersen, Danan Dong, Delft Technical University, Erik R. Ivins, geocentre velocity, geodetic data, glacial isostatic adjustment, gravity measurements, greenland, Hugo Schotman, ice thickness, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michael B. Heflin, nasa, Nature Geoscience, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, post-glacial rebound, Richard S. Gross, Susan E. Owen, West Antarctica, Xiaoping Wu
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China has Antarctica in its sights
John Garnaut for The Sydney Morning Herald CHINA plans to extend its reach into Antarctica - by building a new ice-breaker ship, purchasing a plane and helicopters and upgrading its base into a year-round facility - in line with its … Continue reading
Posted in antarctica, climate change, conservation, ice, mapping, research
Tagged Anne-Marie Brady, Asian Survey, astronomy, China's Rise in Antarctica?, Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, climate history, Dome A ice plateau, ice core, University of Canterbury, Wei Wenliang, year-round facility
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