Arkiv for kategorien ‘Arctic Monitoring’


Precise Data On Arctic Sea Ice Thickness

onsdag, 25. april 2012

ESA: After nearly a year and a half of operations, CryoSat has yielded its first seasonal variation map of Arctic…

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NRC Releases Report on the State of Polar Regions

fredag, 6. april 2012

U.S. National Research Council released a synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists in 60 countries who took part in the…

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Signs of thawing permafrost revealed from space

tirsdag, 27. marts 2012

ESA: Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse…

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Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming

søndag, 25. marts 2012

PIK: The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold…

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Gravity is climate

mandag, 19. marts 2012

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GFZ: For the first time, the melting of glaciers in Greenland could now be measured with high accuracy from space.…

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Arctic warms to highest level yet as researchers fear tipping points

mandag, 13. februar 2012

Mongabay: Last year the Arctic, which is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth due to global climate change, experienced…

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Arctic Report Card: Update for 2011

torsdag, 26. januar 2012

What’s new in 2011?

Persistent warming has caused dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean and the ecosystem it supports.

Ocean changes include…

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Global Warming Has Pushed the Arctic into a “New Normal”

torsdag, 1. december 2011

noaa arctic report 2011

NOAA: Persistent warming has caused dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean and the ecosystem it supports.

Ocean changes include reduced sea…

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Canadian Ice Shelves Breaking up at High Speed

torsdag, 29. september 2011

Canadian ice shelves are changing at an unexpected rate, with almost 50 per cent lost in the last six years,…

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New pathway along Northern Sea Route

onsdag, 28. september 2011

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BarentsObserver: Tankers shipping along the Northern Sea Route now choose a new and more northern pathway.  Retreating ice makes it…

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Scientists raise concerns regarding erroneous reporting of Greenland ice cover

tirsdag, 20. september 2011

Scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) have raised concerns regarding what they believe are erroneous claims of a 15%…

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New atlas shows extent of climate change

lørdag, 17. september 2011

Guardian: The world’s biggest physical changes in the past few years are mostly seen nearest the poles where climate change…

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Scientists weighs changes of the Greenland ice sheet

fredag, 16. september 2011

The Cryosphere

ICESat has provided surface elevation measurements of the ice sheets since the launch in January 2003, resulting in a…

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Arctic sea ice extent small as never before

mandag, 12. september 2011

arctic sea ice minimum 2011 bremen university

Credit: University of Bremen

Alerting message from the Arctic: The extent the the Arctic sea ice has reached on Sep. 8…

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Both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea route appear to be open

torsdag, 8. september 2011

NSIDC: Arctic sea ice extent averaged for August 2011 reached the second lowest level for the month in the 1979 to…

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Total volume of Arctic ice shrank to record low in 2010

torsdag, 8. september 2011

Alaska Dispatch: The total volume of Arctic sea ice shrank last fall to the smallest amount ever observed during the…

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Newly Discovered Icelandic Current Could Change North Atlantic Climate Picture

tirsdag, 23. august 2011

An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of…

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State of the Climate in 2010

onsdag, 29. juni 2011

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Several large-scale climate patterns influenced climate conditions and weather patterns across the globe during 2010. The transition from a warm…

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Nuuk Ministerial Meeting Documents

mandag, 16. maj 2011

A linked list of documents released during this ministerial is available for your perusal. This list will be updated during…

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Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)

torsdag, 12. maj 2011

SWIPA Display 2011-05-12 20-21-23 AMAP arctic

Scientists have known for decades that global climate change has been having an outsized impact on the Arctic, but according…

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Alert: Global sea level is projected to rise by 0.9–1.6 m by 2100

onsdag, 4. maj 2011

AMAP Conference 2011-05-04 10-13-56

AMPA: Latest science supports an unprecedented rate of change in the Arctic.

The observed changes in sea ice on the Arctic…

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Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

onsdag, 4. maj 2011

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 2011-05-04 09-41-59 AMAP

AMAP is an international organization established in 1991 to implement components of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS).

Now a programme…

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