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SEA ICE DECLINE
Antarctic sea ice hits alarming low in 2026: Scientists raise concerns over growing declineIn 2026, Antarctic sea ice extent hit its lowest annual maximum, highlighting alarming trends associated with climate change. Satellite dat...- Antarctica’s ice briefly increased after heavy snowfall: Why scientists remain concernedAntarctica gained a significant amount of ice between 2021 and 2023 as unusually heavy snowfall added more mass than glaciers were losing i...
- In 2019, researchers used Sentinel-2 satellite images to find eight unreported emperor-penguin breeding colonies, lifting the known total to 61Eight new emperor penguin colonies have been identified in Antarctica, increasing the total to 61 active populations. The British Antarctic...
- In 2018, NASA satellite images of penguin guano sent researchers to Antarctica's Danger Islands, where they found more than 1.5 million Adélie penguinsIn December 2015, scientists found a massive colony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands. This discovery was made poss...
- DNA reveals four gentoo penguin species instead of one after more than 100 years. Scientists now fear some island populations could lose their homes to global warmingNew genomic research has resolved a century-old debate over gentoo penguins, revealing four distinct species rather than one with several s...
- In 2011, Swedish and Danish researchers fenced muskoxen out of test areas in Greenland. 3 years later, plants there absorbed only half as much carbon in summerMuskoxen, ancient Arctic survivors, maintain healthy grasslands which store vital carbon. These large herbivores face threats from climate ...
- Earth is set to cross 1.5°C — does the climate clock stop there? The UN has a plan for what happens if temperatures overshoot the crucial thresholdGlobal warming exceeding 1.5°C is now likely, according to a United Nations assessment. The focus must shift to limiting temperature oversh...
- In 2011, North Carolina scuttled the 180-foot Coast Guard buoy tender USCGC Spar off Morehead City; divers later documented sand tiger sharks using the wreckResting peacefully on the ocean floor off North Carolina, the USCGC Spar, once a buoy tender, has transformed into a vital habitat for sand...
- USS Abraham Lincoln will stop in Thailand on its way home from lengthy deployment in Middle EastThe USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier will visit Thailand next week. This stop allows the crew much-needed rest and recovery after a lon...
- Before air conditioning, America shipped lake ice as far as Kolkata; up to two-thirds melted en route, and the rest could cost 10 times more than beefFrederic Tudor embarked on an unprecedented journey by transporting ice from the ponds of New England to the sweltering climate of Calcutta...
- Norway fines man thousands of dollars for disturbing sleeping polar bear with ship's foghornA person in Svalbard received a substantial fine for deliberately disturbing a polar bear. The incident involved sounding a foghorn, which ...
- In 1871, pack ice trapped and crushed 33 American whaling ships off Alaska; 144 years later, NOAA archaeologists found confirmed wreckage in the Chukchi SeaArchaeologists have made an astonishing find: the wreckage of the 1871 whaling fleet buried in Arctic waters. The fleet, claimed by ice, le...
- In 2000, the American West entered a megadrought that became its driest stretch in roughly 1,200 years. Years later, it left major lakes and reservoirs majorly depleted, with some losing enough water to expose miles of lakebedSeveral major North American lakes are experiencing significant water level declines. Drought, warming temperatures, and increased water de...
- Russia's oil exports to Asia via Arctic route start strongly, sources say and data showsRussia is shipping crude oil via its Arctic route faster than last year. Seven cargoes carrying six million barrels are already heading to ...
- Can thickening Arctic ice with seawater slow its decline? Successful trial faces major hurdlesScientists tested a method to thicken Arctic sea ice by pumping seawater. This process created a thicker and more reflective ice layer duri...
- Un-bearable? How global warming may cause mama polar bears to run out of milkOur research, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, found that polar bear lactation is negatively affected by increased time spent o...
- 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...
- Arctic sea ice decline slows down temporarily: NasaAs temperatures in the Arctic have warmed at double the pace of the rest of the planet, the expanse of frozen seawater that blankets the Ar...
- Arctic sea ice decline behind Europe’s big chillThe recordbreaking cold that gripped Europe this winter could be tied to a surprising culprit — a steep decline in sea ice in Arctic follow...
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