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Why the Last Snow on Earth May Be Red

Why the Last Snow on Earth May Be Red

SOURCE: The New Yorker DATE: September 21, 2017 SNIP: Every spring, in alpine regions around the world, one of Earth’s tiniest migrations takes place. The migrants are single-celled green algae; they are kin to seaweed, but instead of living in the sea they live in...

Water Is Streaming Across Antarctica

SOURCE: Columbia University Earth Institute DATE: April 19, 2017 SNIP: In the first such continent-wide survey, scientists have found extensive drainages of meltwater flowing over parts of Antarctica’s ice during the brief summer. Researchers already knew such...
Arctic permafrost is thawing faster than expected

Arctic permafrost is thawing faster than expected

SOURCE: CBC DATE: April 9, 2016 SNIP: Scientists estimate that the amount of carbon dioxide locked up in the Arctic permafrost is twice the amount found in the atmosphere of the entire planet. Because much of the permafrost was thought to be protected from climate...
Antarctic ice melting faster than expected

Antarctic ice melting faster than expected

SOURCE: Smithsonian TweenTribune DATE: April 11, 2016 AUTHOR: Seth Borenstein, Associated Press SNIP: Warmer air, less frigid water and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica’s western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought. Sea levels...