that the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe overall. These signs included significant amounts of open water near the North Pole. And at the end of July, that helped a cruise ...
Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost ... "boost surface reflectivity and create more ice" and start a "cooling feedback loop", said The Guardian. Other solutions include ...
In one analysis, researchers estimated the planetary cooling effects of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice ... and a polynya (an area of open water) to the right. Image courtesy of Pablo Clemente ...
Field trials conducted this year in the Canadian Arctic to thicken sea ice using water from the ocean below have proved successful, says UK start-up Real Ice. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in ...
“It appears that global warming has come to the Southern Ocean.” In both the Arctic and Antarctic, ice loss compounds ice loss. This is due to the fact that while bright sea ice reflects most of the ...
SVALBARD, Norway—Nestled high above the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is home to hundreds of polar bears and boasts prime views of the Northern Lights. Now the territory ...