Arctic climate change update 2019
New observations confirm continued rapid warming in the Arctic, driving many of the changes underway in the region, including loss of sea ice and glacier coverage, as well as changes in terrestrial and
Arctic Ocean
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Call for more Indian research stations in Arctic
As the world grapples with the challenge of climate change, a top Indian scientist has called for the opening of more Indian research stations in the Arctic. "India's observer status in the Arctic Council
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Observed winter salinity fields in the surface layer of the Arctic Ocean and statistical approaches to predicting large-scale anomalies and patterns
<p>Significant salinity anomalies have been observed in the Arctic Ocean surface layer during the last decade. Our study is based on an extensive gridded dataset of winter salinity in the upper 50 m layer
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''Wacky" weather makes Arctic warmer than parts of Europe
OSLO: A freak warming around the North Pole is sending a blast of Arctic cold over Europe in a sign of "wacky" weather that may happen more often with man-made global warming, scientists said on Monday.
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Ocean bottom deformation due to present-day mass redistribution and its impact on sea level observations
<p>Present-day mass redistribution increases the total ocean mass and, on average, causes the ocean bottom to subside elastically. Therefore, barystatic sea level rise is larger than the resulting global
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How melting of ice in Arctic Sea is causing droughts in California
Melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years as it is likely to cause high pressure systems that push away rain-bearing
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Arctic’s permafrost is thawing, wildlife habitat disappearing
The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as other parts of the planet, and even here in sub-Arctic Alaska the rate of warming is high. Sea ice and wildlife habitat are disappearing; higher sea levels
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Arctic researchers to study wind effects on marine life
Alaska: A federal research vessel will launch on a cruise this week to study how Beaufort Sea wind affects plant and animal life in a changing Arctic Ocean. The Sikuliaq (see-KOO'-lee-ak), owned by
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Evidence for ice-ocean albedo feedback in the Arctic Ocean shifting to a seasonal ice zone
<p>Ice-albedo feedback due to the albedo contrast between water and ice is a major factor in seasonal sea ice retreat, and has received increasing attention with the Arctic Ocean shifting to a seasonal
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Arctic ice loss driven by natural swings, not just mankind: Study
Natural swings in the Arctic climate have caused up to half the precipitous losses of sea ice around the North Pole in recent decades, with the rest driven by man-made global warming, scientists said