Archive for the 'Arctic' Category

This summer saw the second-lowest sea ice levels in the Arctic in the fifty years since they started tracking it.  This ice serves the greater global purpose of moderating weather and temperatures throughout the world.  Less ice equals a bigger environmental impact.  Yeah, so?  That’s global warming/climate change: nothing new.
Here’s what’s new: This lack of […]

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Posted By: rebecca | Sep 23rd

 
Greenland, the world’s largest island, holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 23 feet. Add the ice sheets of Antarctica and the oceans would deepen more than 200 feet!
Satellite measurements from space confirm that global warming is making an impact and turning ice into water. As glaciers begin to melt, the question everyone […]

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Posted By: veronica | Sep 8th

According to the Globe and Mail:

A four-square-kilometre chunk has broken off Ward Hunt Ice Shelf - the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic - threatening the future of the giant frozen mass that northern explorers have used for years as the starting point for their treks.

Scientists say the break, the largest on record since […]

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Posted By: rebecca | Jul 29th