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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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NASA’s Successful Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Mission Comes to an End
Earth Observatory UPDATE: NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office at Johnson Space Center, Houston, has reported that debris from the ICESat spacecraft fell to Earth in the Barents Sea on Monday, Aug. 30, at approximately 5 a.m. EDT. One of NASA’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, antarctica, climate change, ice, mapping, research
Tagged aerosols, clouds, decommission, discoveries, Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, GLAS, Goddard Space Flight Center, Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satallite, ice sheets, ICESat, ICESat-2, Operation Ice Bridge, re-entry, sea ice thickness
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Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine
Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate. I just loved these colours from a still in the presentation. … Continue reading
Posted in antarctica, climate change, conservation, ice, mapping, research, world water
Tagged global warming, ice cores, Lee Hotz, TED 2010, unlocking secrets, WAIS, WAIS Divide
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Disaster at the Top of the World
By THOMAS HOMER-DIXON aboard the Louis S. St-Laurent for NY Times STANDING on the deck of this floating laboratory for Arctic science, which is part of Canada’s Coast Guard fleet and one of the world’s most powerful icebreakers, I can … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, climate change, conservation, ice, mapping, research, world water
Tagged Arctic Ocean, climate policy, climate shock, fear, food system, human civilization, ice breaker, living standards, Louis S. St-Laurent, melting, personal identities, protective cognition, Responding to Threat of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes, sea ice, special interests, the Polar Sea, types of crises
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NASA Project Traces Antarctica From Space
Red Orbit Antarctica may not be the world’s largest landmass — it’s the fifth-largest continent — but resting on top of that land is the world’s largest ice sheet. That ice holds more than 60 percent of Earth’s fresh water … Continue reading
Posted in antarctica, climate change, ice, mapping, photography, research, world water
Tagged 60 percent of Earth's fresh water, an accurate map of the grounding line, Antarctic Surface Accumulation and Ice Discharge, ASAID, fifth-largest continent, International Polar Year, International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, nasa, Robert Bindschadler
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Alien species could damage Antarctic ecosystems
By Monica Heger, OurAmazingPlanet Alien species, like the chironomid midge, can thrive in icy Antarctic climates and could damage the environment if they were to expand. A tiny fly not native to Antarctica has proven it can not only withstand … Continue reading
Posted in antarctica, flora and fauna, mapping, research
Tagged accidental introduction, alien species, antarctica, biomass, british antarctic survey, chironomid midge, flora and fauna, foreign species, invasive species, native flora, native insects, polar climate, research purposes, terrestrial ecologist
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Antarctica’s enigmatic Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains revealed
By Adele Rackley for Planet Earth Online The newest images of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSM) were presented at the International Polar Year conference in Oslo this week, showing the features of this enigmatic mountain range in unprecedented detail. Scientists … Continue reading
Researchers snap signs of illegal fishing
By Mark Horstman for ABC News Australia Scientists investigating deep sea life in a supposedly pristine area of the Southern Ocean near eastern Antarctica have been shocked to find what they believe is evidence of illegal fishing there. The scientists … Continue reading