by faster | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) DATE: February 6, 2018 SNIP: January of 2018 began and ended with satellite-era record lows in Arctic sea ice extent, resulting in a new record low for the month. Combined with low ice extent in the Antarctic, global...
by faster | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: AAAS EurekAlert DATE: February 6, 2018 SNIP: Researchers from Aarhus University have measured a new world record: Small ice algae on the underside of the Arctic sea ice live and grow at a light level corresponding to only 0.02% of the light at the surface of...
by faster | Feb 1, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: February 1, 2018 SNIP: Because of melting sea ice, it is likely that more polar bears will soon starve, warns a new study that discovered the large carnivores need to eat 60 percent more than anyone had realized. Turns out they are...
by faster | Jan 9, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Anchorage Daily News DATE: January 9, 2018 SNIP: Last month was the warmest December on record in Alaska, according to a federal report released Monday. The statewide average temperature in December was 19.4 degrees, 15.7 degrees above the 20th century...
by faster | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: State of the Planet, Columbia University DATE: December 11, 2017 SNIP: The coasts of Antarctica are ringed with ice shelves–massive expanses of ice floating on the surrounding ocean that form the outermost extensions of the glaciers that cover the land behind...