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A group of scientists in the United States says that the Arctic has reached its maximum extent of ice cover for this year on March 7. This means that, in the coming months, the cover will begin to diminish until next winter.
The first week of March basically signaled the beginning of the Arctic melt season, acco... |
24 March 2011
03:43 GMT |
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This Monday, March 14, the American space agency embarked on the 2011 iteration of its famous IceBridge Mission, which seeks to determine the state of the polar ice caps all over the world. This year's endeavors will be focused in the Arctic, especially in northern Canada. At the same time, all participants will... |
16 March 2011
08:48 GMT |
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Biologists recently published a study depicting for the first time an amazing ability that sea-ice algae have – that to engineer their icy homes in any way they see fit to ensure their survival.This is a critical ability both for them and a large number of other species living in the same habit. AS far as the A... |
4 March 2011
11:09 GMT |
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According to the latest monthly report by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), it would appear that the ice extent in the Arctic throughout February was the lowest in satellite history, on part with readings collected in 2005. Interestingly, while the North Pole was covered by less ice than ever before o... |
3 March 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Thanks to its great/price performance ratio, Arctic's Freezer series of CPU coolers have come to be highly regarded by enthusiasts in search of an effective and not so pricey cooling solution, so many will rejoice when hearing that the company has announced a new version of the high-end Freezer 13, dubbed the Fr... |
14 February 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Investigators with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) say that they recently identified a series of factors that may hinder climate models. One of them is the presence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean. This structure may be influencing climate patterns in the area. Scientists are lo... |
3 February 2011
10:38 GMT |
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Throughout the month of January, the Arctic Oscillation has been holding steady in its strong negative phase, which influenced the extent of sea-based ice at and around the North Pole considerably. This event caused experts to record the lowest such extent in recorded history last month.Climate experts began keeping ... |
3 February 2011
08:48 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, researchers propose for the first time that the mercury cycle taking place in the Arctic and adjacent areas may have a direct influence on the ice cover extent at and around the North pole. These conclusions were derived from a multi-year joint research effort. The chemical cycles through t... |
22 January 2011
05:48 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) currently in Earth's atmosphere are enough to cause the world to reach a tipping point beyond which the effects of global warming and climate change can no longer be accounted for.Until now, various climate model... |
18 January 2011
05:08 GMT |
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According to a new analysis released by experts at the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), it would appear that the extent of sea ice in the Arctic for December 2010 was the lowest for this month in satellite record. Climate experts appear to believe the a strong negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation may... |
6 January 2011
03:04 GMT |
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In the eventuality that the landscape outside lacks in snow and users feel the need for an extra wintery kick, Microsoft has just the right theme pack available for download. The Redmond company just refreshed the Windows Personalization Gallery and is now offering customers running Windows 7 the Artic theme. As th... |
28 December 2010
12:01 GMT |
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In a temperature map released by the American space agency, the pattern of influences caused by the Arctic Oscillation becomes clearly visible. Cooling is recorded for Northern Europe and Eastern America, while Northern Canada and Greenland are a lot warmer than usual. The conclusions were derived from the attached m... |
17 December 2010
04:56 GMT |
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A team of researchers from Ohio State University is analyzing the remains of the northernmost mummified forest ever found in Canada, in order to see the way that the plants coped with global cooling a few million years ago, and maybe guess nature's behavior during the current global warming.The leader of the tea... |
16 December 2010
05:25 GMT |
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Even though winter is coming, PCs are hardly expected to sit anywhere but the warm comfort of one's home, so it is not a shock to hear that a cooler maker released another cooling device.While some part of the world are experiencing what is it to feel winter, the rest of the world is going about its business as... |
10 December 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Despite it being December already, the ice extents experts were expecting to see forming in the Arctic have yet to materialize. A new report shows that, even at the end of November, the Hudson Bay was still pretty much free of ice, which is uncommon for this time of year.
Additionally, Arctic sea ice grew very sl... |
7 December 2010
17:01 GMT |
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As you all know by now, the extent of Arctic summer sea-based ice is dwindling with each passing year. The ice shelves are getting smaller as seasons go by and animals that depend on it for their survival, such as polar bears, are heavily affected. This is begging to show in their behavior.Biologists monitoring the N... |
1 December 2010
10:22 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the American space agency announces the results of a new study conducted over the Arctic, which finally shows just how much new and multi-layer ice is lost in the region on account of melting every year. Such studies are very important because they provide a deeper insight into how clima... |
10 November 2010
03:27 GMT |
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After nearly a decade of investigations, an international collaboration of scientists has finally be able to obtain the most continuous record of how climate on ancient Earth looked like. The core samples that give these informations were extracted from the terrestrial Arctic. The study had a price tag of about $10 m... |
3 November 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Climate experts say that, even if the frosty season began at areas around the North Pole, the extent of Arctic sea ice has not grown as much as it should. Rapid freezing occurred throughout the first half of October, but the amount of ice currently near the Pole is still diminutive compared to other years. Arctic sea... |
3 November 2010
04:50 GMT |
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As the global average temperature increases, the areas around the North Pole are beginning to melt, exposing the cold, darker water underneath to sunlight. This meltdown facilitates the opening of new trading routes, but this has further negative consequences on the environment.While many analysts rejoiced when they ... |
26 October 2010
06:58 GMT |
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Yesterday, October 6, the United States officially joined an international initiative whose main objective is the creation of better, more accurate nautical maps for the Arctic region. At a meeting that was held in Ottawa, Canada, representatives from the states that border the Arctic – the Russian Federation, ... |
7 October 2010
03:05 GMT |
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With the melting season for the Arctic over, experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have released their report on the situation, and things do not look good. The area around the North Pole reached its minimum extent – the period of largest melt – on September 19. Measurements indicate th... |
5 October 2010
05:09 GMT |
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Though PCs usually have all the I/O options they could possibly need, sometimes they do not possess enough USB ports, and Arctic decided to deliver an item capable of making up for this, namely the Arctic Hub, which features four USB 2.0 connectors.Though the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface has been growing in populari... |
18 September 2010
03:27 GMT |
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According to the latest data supplied by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), it would appear that 2010 saw the third lowest extent of sea ice in the North Pole ever recorded.The discovery was also accompanied by another one, which showed that large numbers of walruses had come aground in Alaska, due to the... |
16 September 2010
02:36 GMT |
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Scientists have always wondered how do fish do to swim in the Arctic and the antarctic without freezing to death, and some 50 years ago, special frost proteins were found in the blood of these fish.It was proven that these anti-freeze proteins worked even better than any household antifreeze, but no one could explain... |
26 August 2010
06:14 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the Bremerhaven, Germany-based Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research is now taking on a very difficult task – measuring ice thickness in Arctic regions.This line of study involves flying a high-tech research airplan over regions of the Arctic that have never before be... |
25 August 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Because of the global pollution, that triggers not only tons of waste floating in the oceans but also climate change, animals from the Arctic are at risk of contamination. A new report co-authored by a Norwegian researcher points out that polar bears and glaucous gulls are likely to be the first to show effects of th... |
10 August 2010
02:55 GMT |
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On July 26, the German icebreaker Polarstern launched the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Bluefin. The goal of the submarine was to dive in the ice-cold waters, and then conduct a variety of studies, while collecting samples at the same time. The endeavor, part of a unique Arctic study, was extremely successful, ... |
4 August 2010
04:24 GMT |
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One of the main arguments that critics to global warming and climate change have been citing when arguing for their point of view is the fact that some areas in the Arctic are cooling, not getting warmer. And there was a time when their argument held value, but that time has long since passed, experts say. At this po... |
2 August 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Arctic decided to break cover and offer something new for the consumer market in terms of cooling and casings. The company came out and unveiled not one, but two distinct items, a computer case and a cooling solution aimed at hard disk drives. The products go by the names of Silentium T11 and HC 01-TC, respectively,... |
24 July 2010
03:36 GMT |
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As global warming catches on speed and continues to advance, one of its primary effects is causing the Arctic ice caps to recede. As this happens, new waters become available for navigation, but these waters have not been charted for at least 50 years, and so their hazards are very little known. Responding to the nee... |
21 July 2010
04:56 GMT |
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It's no longer a secret to anyone that the extent of the multi-year ice sheets in the Arctic is rapidly declining. At this point, there are several predictions as to when the North Pole will become completely clear of ice during the summer months, but none of them is too encouraging. Unlike Antarctica, which is ... |
12 June 2010
06:38 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announce that the agency is about to embark on the first-ever mission destined for the ultra-cold water of the North Pole. The group of investigators that will join the expedition wants to look at how the Arctic climate is changing in closer detail. They are also interested in seeing precisely how i... |
9 June 2010
02:52 GMT |
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A large number of geologists, oceanographers and planetary scientists believe that the effects of global warming and climate change will become so severe, that the polar ice caps will be greately affected. Because it's floating on water, rather than deposited on land, the Arctic is naturally more vulnerable. The... |
10 April 2010
05:59 GMT |
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It's no longer a secret to anyone that the world's ice caps are melting. At both the North and the South Pole, and in Greenland, the largest expanses of ice on the planet are gradually getting smaller. The main culprit has been identified to be global warming, which climate scientists say heats up the world... |
2 April 2010
05:40 GMT |
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Jupiter's moon Europa is undoubtedly one of the most interesting celestial bodies in the solar system, right alongside Titan and Enceladus, natural satellites of Saturn. This space rock is believed to be covered in an icy cap that may very well be hiding a liquid ocean of water underneath. Cracks in the surface ... |
25 March 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Starting on Monday, March 22, NASA will resume observations in the largest airborne survey of polar ices in history. The Operation IceBridge mission is about to kick off its second year of observations, and the moment will be marked by the arrival of some NASA-operated aircraft in Greenland. The reason why this study... |
19 March 2010
07:58 GMT |
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According to an international group of experts, it would appear that one of the most important sections of the Arctic Ocean seafloor is becoming unstable. This is extremely dangerous, because this particular location holds vast amounts of the powerful greenhouse gas methane, which it recently began venting out. Meth... |
5 March 2010
03:05 GMT |
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In 2007, a large volume of old ices separated from the Arctic sheet, and was pushed into the ocean, where it naturally melted. Now, experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, believe they know why this happened. Using data from satellite study as support, they suggest that the pheno... |
19 February 2010
03:39 GMT |
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On February 25, the European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch the most advanced satellite aimed at surveying ice sheets ever deployed. CryoSat will have an extreme sensibility to even the most minute changes, as it will feature a high-performance instrument suite that will allow it to keep track of several paramet... |
15 February 2010
17:01 GMT |
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Over the past couple of decades, scientists at the American space agency NASA have been working on compiling the most comprehensive record of the onset and termination of Arctic “freeze dates” ever. This means that they kept track of the dates when melting at the North Pole ensued every year, and also of ... |
28 January 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Most of you know that many species of birds do not spend their winters and summers at the same locations. They move about a lot, traveling thousands of miles to get to their destinations. Among the most known species to do so are albatrosses and godwits, but these large animals cannot even begin to try and match the ... |
12 January 2010
11:13 GMT |
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The Laptev Sea North of Siberia is one of the regions where many rivers passing through the inhospitable land mass spill into the Arctic Ocean. One of the largest such waters, known as Lena, is one of the ten largest rivers in the world, and features an extensive drainage basin and length. As it flows to the sea, the... |
11 January 2010
09:28 GMT |
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Over recent years, a war of statements concerning the Arctic region broke out, with numerous countries bordering the area claiming large swaths of it for their own. With the effects of global warming making themselves felt more and more, new shipping lanes are opened in northern waters, and maritime companies and gov... |
4 January 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Scientists analyzing the ancient climate history of the planet warn that the Arctic, the surrounding ocean, and the northern seas risk losing all their ices relatively fast. They add that numerous similarities exist between the expected temperature ranges in the next 90 years, and the records at hand for a period of ... |
30 December 2009
08:39 GMT |
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The American space agency has revealed the first time-lapse images ever showing a collision between two formations that are generally known as Aurorae Borealis. The light curtains, as they are so often called, collide at far too greater scales to be seen with the unaided human eye, but their interactions were reveale... |
18 December 2009
03:20 GMT |
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In a development that could have serious implications on our planet's future, scientists announce that the multi-year ice that once adorned the North Pole is all but gone at this point. In its stead, seasonal ice, that freezes and then melts every year, seems to be the primary form of frozen water at the locatio... |
2 November 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Experts have always thought that lower atmospheric temperatures help keep glaciers frozen in ice sheets, or on mountaintops, but new measurements from a NASA satellite show that ice spreads play a crucial role in keeping temperatures low. Greenland is especially important in this scheme, as its ices reflect back a la... |
29 October 2009
05:50 GMT |
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In spite of the fact that hovercraft are usually used for navigating swamps and shallow waters, a few modifications are, apparently, enough to turn them into potent scientific tools. Researchers Yngve Kristofferson and John Hall are planning to use a modified Griffon Hovercraft 2000TD to analyze a patch of Arctic sea... |
13 October 2009
06:38 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA started measuring the extent of Arctic ices in 1979, via its satellite program. Since then, it has conducted constant investigations of the North Pole, and has drawn maps of ice extents during every minimum and maximum extent of the ice sheets. Measurements for this year indicate that t... |
18 September 2009
03:56 GMT |
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