by faster | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: AWI DATE: April 2, 2019 SNIP: The shallow Russian shelf or marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean are broadly considered to be the ‘nursery’ of Arctic sea ice: in winter, the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea constantly produce new sea ice....
by faster | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Axios DATE: March 7, 2019 SNIP: For the second straight year, the Bering Sea — a turbulent and bountiful stretch of the northern Pacific Ocean — is virtually ice free at a time of year when it should be gaining ice. The ice pack’s ebb and flow each year...
by faster | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Conversation DATE: August 30, 2018 SNIP: The cold, remote Arctic Ocean and its surrounding marginal seas have experienced climate change at a rate not seen at lower latitudes. Warming air, land and sea temperatures, and large declines in seasonal Arctic...
by faster | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: June 26, 2018 SNIP: Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic, rather than a...
by faster | May 3, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times DATE: May 3, 2018 SNIP: In the middle of February, one-third of the ice covering the Bering Sea off Alaska’s West Coast vanished within a week when an enormous pulse of heat swept over the Arctic. Scientists were stunned. This rapid meltdown...