Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
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World Atlas Ice Loss Claim Exaggerated: Scientists
The Times Atlas of the World exaggerated the rate of Greenland's ice loss in its thirteenth edition last week, scientists said on Monday. The atlas, published by HarperCollins, showed that Greenland
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Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008
We review the sea-level and energy budgets together from 1961, using recent and updated estimates of all terms. From 1972 to 2008, the observed sea-level rise (1.8 ± 0.2 mm yr−1 from tide gauges alone
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Arctic Sea Ice Coverage Second Lowest On Record: Report
Sea-ice coverage across the Arctic Ocean has dwindled to its second-lowest level since satellite records started in 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Areas of the Arctic with
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Europe's Oceans Changing At Unprecedented Rate: Report
Europe's seas are changing at an unprecedented rate as ice sheets melt, temperatures rise and marine life migrates due to climate change, a report by the Climate Change and European Marine Ecosystem Research
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Summer Arctic Sea Ice Melt At Or Near Record
Arctic sea ice this summer melted to a record low extent or will come a close second, two different research institutes said on Tuesday, confirming a trend which could yield an ice-free summer within a
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Total Arctic sea ice at record low in 2010
The minimum summertime volume of Arctic sea ice fell to a record low last year, researchers said in a study, suggesting that thinning of the ice had outweighed a recovery in area. The study estimated that
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Total Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low In 2010: Study
The minimum summertime volume of Arctic sea ice fell to a record low last year, researchers said in a study to be published shortly, suggesting that thinning of the ice had outweighed a recovery in area.
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Insight: Arctic Has Great Riches, But Greater Challenges
At the rim of the Arctic Circle in Canada, gold mining firm Agnico-Eagle is learning how tough it is to operate in a remote region with temptingly large, but frustratingly inaccessible, reserves of oil,
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Alaska Files Notice Of Appeal On Polar Bear Listing
The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. The state, which maintains that U.S. Endangered
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Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts
USGS Alaska Science Center researchers, in cooperation with the Native Village of Point Lay, will attempt to attach 35 satellite radio-tags to walruses on the northwestern Alaska coast in August as part