Those severe winter storms that have been plaguing the East Coast might be linked to a rapidly warming Arctic, according to a new study on Arctic temperatures and extreme weather … Click to Continue »
Read More »12 House Republicans sign letter opposing Arctic drilling
A dozen House Republicans, half of whom voted for the House tax overhaul bill that passed Nov. 13, wrote a letter to GOP leaders urging them not to allow oil … Click to Continue »
Read More »US Senate committee moves Arctic drilling legislation one step closer
The U.S. Senate energy committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The 13-10 vote, which would lift an existing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Plastic piling up in Arctic Ocean
Plastic trash is now so ubiquitous that researchers have found hundreds of tons of it floating in the Arctic Ocean. It may not sound like much, but it’s a surprising … Click to Continue »
Read More »Tillerson, at Arctic meeting, signs document affirming need for action on climate change
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed his name Thursday to a document that affirms the need for international action against climate change, adding further uncertainty to the direction of … Click to Continue »
Read More »The Arctic is melting – and South Florida faces more flooding
A new assessment of polar ice melt could mean bad news for South Florida: higher sea rise than previously thought. Based on new evidence, the Arctic Council – a cooperative … Click to Continue »
Read More »Thick ice formations in Arctic rivers are melting earlier in summer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Two scientists’ fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery – that ice now is melting nearly a month … Click to Continue »
Read More »Arctic soils are set to release a lot of carbon � probably more than plants can absorb
ANCHORAGE, Alaska �� As temperatures have risen in the Arctic and worldwide, so have worries about how much carbon might stream into the atmosphere from warmer soils. Will enough new … Click to Continue »
Read More »As shrubs expanded into a warming Arctic, moose followed
Shrubs expanding northward into a warming Arctic – and growing taller as they did – paved the way for moose to expand their range northward too. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Arctic warming makes Northeastern storms, study finds
ANCHORAGE, Alaska �� What does loss of Arctic sea ice have to do with snowfall and rain in New England? Plenty, according to chemical evidence amassed by a team of scientists and described in a soon-to-be published study. … Click to Continue »
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