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Arctic holds 1.3 trillion tonnes of ancient carbon, scientists find what warming does to itA study of Arctic seabed sediments has offered new clues about the fate of ancient carbon released from thawing permafrost. Researchers fou...- A vast ocean conveyor carries water from Greenland through the Atlantic for 350 years and shapes rainfall in Brazil; 15,400 years ago, it suddenly surged beyond today's strengthRecent sediment analyses indicate that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has undergone surprising fluctuations in intensity. ...
- 12 scientists will drift across the Arctic, locked inside sea ice for 8 months to watch an ocean survive its darkest, coldest seasonA daring expedition is underway as 12 individuals will spend eight months adrift in the Arctic Ocean, encased in ice. This mission, Tara Po...
- The Arctic is sitting on a 63-billion-ton carbon secret, and scientists are concernedBeneath the Arctic’s frozen surface lies a hidden carbon reserve of nearly 63 billion tons. As rising temperatures thaw ancient permafrost,...
- Hidden Climate Trigger? What Scientists Found Beneath Our SoilVast carbon reserves lie hidden beneath farms, forests, and frozen Arctic soil. These underground stores, built over centuries, are now und...
- The Arctic Once Had Palm Trees: What the Fossils RevealFossil evidence from the High Arctic reveals that palm trees and subtropical plants once thrived in the polar region. This occurred during ...
- Scientists issue dire warning for humanity: Arctic Ocean's ice-free days just three years awayA new study warns that the Arctic Ocean could experience its first ice-free day as early as 2027, a dramatic consequence of accelerated ice...
- Will there be no ice in the Arctic region in next three years?The Arctic could see its first ice-free summer day by 2027. Scientists project ice-free periods lasting up to 71 days. Melting ice exposes ...
- Arctic may not have any sea ice in the summers by 2030s, reveals studyThe study is published in peer-reviewed British journal Nature Communications and it was conducted by adjusting the models and scaling them...
- 2022 Arctic winter sea ice 10th-lowest on record: NASAThe Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres on February 25 - earlier than usual - and was roughly 770,000 square ki...
- Arctic ice hits its minimum for the year: What's driving the overall decline?In recent years, Arctic sea ice levels have been at their lowest since at least 1850 for the annual mean and in at least 1,000 years for la...
- 3-5°C temperature rise is now ‘locked-in’ for the ArcticEven if the world were to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, winter temperatures in the Arctic would rise 3-5°C by 2050 and 5-...
- Stalling of planetary waves makes us more prone to droughts and floodsNew research shows a more direct link between certain extreme weather events and human-induced climate change and the role of planetary wav...
- Extreme and unusual weather in 2017: UN weather agencyExtreme weather and climate conditions, including Arctic "heatwaves", have continued into 2017, after global temperatures set record last y...
- 2016 was hottest year ever recorded: UN weather agencyRecord ocean heat contributed to widespread coral reef bleaching, including in the Great Barrier Reef, which has seen up to 50 per cent of ...
- 2016 was hottest year ever recorded: UN weather agencyThe world witnessed the hottest year on record in 2016, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures of 2015, the UN weather agency said,...
- 2016 on track to be hottest year ever: UNThe El Nino event, which turned up the Earth's thermostat, has now disappeared, but "climate change, caused by heat-trapping greenhouse gas...
- Arctic animals navigate by the light of winter MoonResearchers said that the behaviour is most likely an attempt by zooplankton to avoid predators hunting by moonlight.
- Scientists warn of 'deadly trio' risk to ailing oceansMarine scientists warned on Thursday that our oceans are declining more rapidly than previously thought — becoming ever warmer and more aci...
- Easter to be celebrated at drifting station in ArcticThe scientific staff at the North Pole-35 drifting station will celebrate Easter, said a source at the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Rese...
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