Sea Ice Loss ‘Unprecedented’ in 1,450 Years By Elizabeth Lopatto, from Bloomberg The loss of sea ice in the Arctic at the end of the 20th Century is “unprecedented” in the past 1,450 years in its duration and magnitude, an indication of human-influenced climate change, a study said. So-called greenhouse gases may be contributing to [...]
Global Warming Impact? Arctic Ice Cap Hits Historic Low This Week By IBTimes Staff Reporter The North Pole’s ice skull cap shrank to an historic low this week. Shrinking to its lowest point since satellite observations began in 1972, the area covered by the Arctic sea ice shrank to 4.24 million square kilometers (1.637 square [...]
Russia, Canada in Rivalry Over Arctic Resources By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, published: September 16, 2010 MOSCOW (AP) — The foreign ministers of Russia and Canada both said Thursday they expect the United Nations to rule in favor of their nations’ respective rival claims to Arctic resources. Russia, the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway have all [...]
Ice floating on the Arctic Ocean melted unusually quickly this year, but did not shrink down to the record minimum area seen in 2007. That is the preliminary finding of US scientists who say the summer minimum seems to have passed and the ice has entered its winter growth phase. 2010′s summer Arctic ice minimum [...]
