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Latest insights into our latest mission to the Arctic.
Canada’s Arctic ice shelves have almost halved in size over the last six years.
Summer 2011 marks the second lowest sea ice extent on record
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Operation IceBridge
March 28, 2012
Researchers and flight crew with NASA’s Operation IceBridge began another season of science activity with the start of the 2012 Arctic campaign on March 13.
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Arctic Oscillation
February 14, 2012
Like El Niño and La Niña, the Arctic Oscillation (AO) is a big picture of atmospheric conditions that influence weather.
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Scott’s Terra Nova
January 17, 2012
Today is the centenary of Capt. Scott’s arrival at the South Pole. It is easy to forget that Scott’s Terra Nova expedition was largely a scientific expedition.
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Ice Age Research
January 10, 2012
High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, according to a recently published article in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Sea Ice Update
January 3, 2012
Low sea ice extent in the summertime may be having a direct effect on sea ice growth in the winter months…
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Polar Bear Update
December 19, 2011
7 of 19 of the World’s polar bear sub-populations are found to declining in number, with trends in two linked to reductions in sea ice.
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Arctic Report Card
December 7, 2011
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card is a comprehensive annual report on the state of the Arctic. It uses reliable datasets and indicators to report on both the Arctic ecosystem and climate.
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Historical Study
November 27, 2011
The loss of sea ice in the Arctic at the end of the 20th Century is “unprecedented” in the past 1,450 years in its duration and magnitude, an indication of human-influenced climate change, a study said.
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2010 Science Findings
November 15, 2011
Last week we mentioned that Dr Oliver Wurl had recieved the good news that his scientific paper, based on the work done at the Catlin Ice Base, was being published. We are now in a position to give more detail on the exciting nature of his findings.
Posted in Ice Base, Leader Slides, Science
BBC’s Frozen Planet
November 8, 2011
The launch of the BBC’s Frozen Planet series may prove to be the tipping point that we will one day look back on as the time when the global community began to accept the sensitivity and scale of the natural world’s response to escalating human activity.
Posted in Blog, Leader Slides
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