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Study: Climate Change Is Making Winter Ice More Dangerous
The New York Times discusses how Climate Change Is Making Winter Ice More Dangerous. A new study has found that cold-weather drownings are increasing sharply in warmer parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
New research on the connection between climate change and winter drownings has found that reported drowning deaths […]
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Report: In year of crisis, growth continues on Northern Sea Route
The Barents Observer discusses how, In year of crisis, growth continues on Northern Sea Route. Figures for the first 10 months of 2020 show that Arctic shipping continues to increase despite the coronavirus and world economic downturn.
In the first ten months of 2020, a total of 26,37 million tons of […]
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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Tsunami Threat in Alaska
Wired discusses how Climate Change Is Intensifying the Tsunami Threat in Alaska. As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Those, in turn, could trigger giant sea waves.
Tucked against glacier-capped mountains, the Begich Towers loom over Whittier, Alaska. More than 80 percent of the small town’s […]
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Study: No place is safe: Tiny bit of plastic pollute the snow, streams on iconic Mount Everest
Environmental Health News discusses No place is safe: Tiny bit of plastic pollute the snow, streams on iconic Mount Everest. “No one had ever looked at microplastics on Everest before—the scary thing is we found microplastic in every single snow sample that we took.”
Scientists have found microplastics hidden in […]
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The thaw of the Third Pole: China’s glaciers in retreat
Reuters discusses The thaw of the Third Pole: China’s glaciers in retreat.
Glaciers in China’s bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say.
The largest glacier in the 800-km (500-mile) mountain […]
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Study: Alaska’s permafrost, which stores greenhouse gases, is less plentiful and more fragile than believed
The Washington Post discusses Alaska’s permafrost, which stores greenhouse gases, is less plentiful and more fragile than believed, study says.
Scientists long thought that the ground beneath the northern coasts of Alaska was permanently frozen. That was good news; permafrost stores large amounts of carbon, […]
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A warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows
Mongabay discusses how a warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows.
The newly launched Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA) includes 28 years of terrestrial and marine animal tracking studies on more than 96 species across the Arctic, Arctic marine, and subarctic (including boreal forests and taiga).
“The Arctic […]
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Study: Declining Snow Cover in U.S. Northeast Will Have Major Impacts on Rivers
Yale Environment 360 discusses a study showing that Declining Snow Cover in U.S. Northeast Will Have Major Impacts on Rivers.
New research indicates that snow cover across the U.S. Northeast is declining as a result of climate change, and that by 2100 as much as 59 percent of the region will […]
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Polar Bear Week highlights absence of Arctic sea ice due to climate change
The Narwhal discusses Polar Bear Week highlights absence of Arctic sea ice due to climate change. The world’s southernmost population of polar bears might be waiting longer for sea ice to form at their annual gathering in Manitoba.
The hundreds of polar bears that gather each year on the west coast […]
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2 Articles on the Polar Regions – Renewable Energy & Coronavirus
The Barents Observer discusses The ice cold Arctic winds of Berlevåg might propel the world towards a great green shift. The power generated at the local wind farm in Berlevåg is to be used to produce hydrogen and green ammonia. Industry developers believe the far northern town will develop into […]
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