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Tag: ice melt

Creatures in the cool lagoon: Are Arctic lagoons the next refuge for ringed seals?
Behavior

Creatures in the cool lagoon: Are Arctic lagoons the next refuge for ringed seals?

Seals need ice for rest and to raise pups, but where can they go in a melting world? Maybe lagoons.
October 18, 2021October 17, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Skating on Thin Ice
Climate Change

Skating on Thin Ice

Newly developed global climate models show us that Arctic Sea ice may be more unstable than we previously thought. The…
August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Shawn Wang
A Song of Ice and Sea Level Rise
Climate Change

A Song of Ice and Sea Level Rise

How much ice is really being lost in the polar regions, and what have been the consequences? A team of…
May 27, 2020 Amanda Semler
Arctic Unicorns: Understanding the past, present, and future of narwhals and their mysterious tusks
Ecology

Arctic Unicorns: Understanding the past, present, and future of narwhals and their mysterious tusks

Why do narwhals have tusks that make them look like unicorns? As climate change continues, what is the fate of…
April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Julia Zeh
Impact of Climate Change on Antarctic Waters
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Physical oceanography

Impact of Climate Change on Antarctic Waters

A recent study demonstrate the critical importance of Antarctic winds and meltwater to modeling the recent observed changes in Southern…
January 16, 2020 Channing Prend
Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate
Climate Change Human impacts

Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate

Changes in seasonal lake ice are threatening the lives of those who depend on it. Find out how scientists are…
September 2, 2019September 3, 2019 Nyla Husain
Coastal waves link far-off winds to melting Antarctic ice
Climate Change

Coastal waves link far-off winds to melting Antarctic ice

The ocean surrounding Antarctica is warming, rapidly melting ice shelves from below. Scientists have now discovered that strong winds thousands…
August 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Climate Change

Antarctica’s growing green space

As the planet warms, Antarctic land ice is retreating rapidly in some regions, and along with this, small pockets of…
July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Physical oceanography

Seals put on their thinking caps for under-ice science

Scientists investigate warm water that drives melting in Antarctica with the help of some seals with high-tech hats.
July 8, 2016July 6, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Chemistry Climate Change

Lead Pollution in Antarctic Waters: Have We Cleaned Up Our Act?

Researchers traveled to the far reaches of Antarctica to determine whether lead levels there have declined since humans started cleaning…
February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 Carrie McDonough

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