News articles tagged with 'Arctic'
Lover's lane for birds found in Arctic
— 11 Mar 2011 15:22 | BiologyA new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals the critical importance of western Arctic Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake region to tens of thousands of birds that breed in the area…
Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space
— 5 Mar 2011 13:51 | EnvironmentOngoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of tiny planktonic plants (phytoplankton) with important implications for the Arctic…
Algal antifreeze makes inroads into ice
— 4 Mar 2011 14:05 | BiologySea-ice algae - the important first rung of the food web each spring in places like the Arctic Ocean - can engineer ice to its advantage, according to the first published findings about…
Scripps oceanography researchers discover Arctic blooms occurring earlier
— 3 Mar 2011 13:50 | EnvironmentWarming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire…
Arctic climate variation under ancient greenhouse conditions
— 12 Feb 2011 19:52 | EnvironmentTiny organisms preserved in marine sediments hold clues about Arctic climate variation during an ancient episode of greenhouse warming…
Polar bear births could plummet with climate change
— 9 Feb 2011 16:23 | EnvironmentUniversity of Alberta researchers Peter Molnar, Andrew Derocher and Mark Lewis studied the reproductive ecology of polar bears in Hudson Bay and have linked declining litter sizes with…
Arctic fisheries' catches 75 times higher than previous reports: UBC research
— 5 Feb 2011 14:06 | EnvironmentUniversity of British Columbia researchers estimate that fisheries catches in the Arctic totalled 950,000 tonnes from 1950 to 2006, almost 75 times the amount reported to the United…
Warming North Atlantic water tied to heating Arctic, according to new study
— 28 Jan 2011 16:36 | EnvironmentThe temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland - the warmest water in at least 2,000 years - are likely related to the amplification…
NASA research finds 2010 tied for warmest year on record
— 13 Jan 2011 17:12 | EnvironmentGlobal surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)…
Polar bears: On thin ice? Extinction can be averted, scientists say
— 16 Dec 2010 17:19 | EnvironmentPolar bears were added to the threatened species list nearly three years ago when their icy habitat showed steady, precipitous decline because of a warming climate…