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Long-Living Greenland Sharks Accumulate High Concentrations Contaminants
2014-04-15 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: When it comes to pollutants such a PCBs contaminating the bodies of animals, the polar bear is often at the top of the list of most-polluted animals, but new research suggests that Greenland sharks harbor even more alarmingly high levels of pollutants than polar bears. Greenland sharks are one of the largest living shark species. Growing up to 7 meters long and weighing up to a ton, their are dimensions comparable to a great white shark. Greenland sharks are also live farther north than any other...
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Greenland Ice Cores show Impact of US Clean Air Act on Climate
2014-04-11 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Samples from the Greenland ice sheet suggest the US Clean Air Act had a clear effect on conditions in the Earth's atmosphere. The discovery by University of Washington atmospheric scientists also alludes to a link between air acidity and nitrogen preservation in snow layers, according to a release by the school. While the research team had been interested in studying smog, it discovered a link in the geologic record between smog and acid rain. The US Clean Air Act of 1970 was a reaction to air...
UN chief on Greenland climate change visit
2014-03-27 23:53:24| Energy - Topix.net
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UN Chief on Greenland Climate Change Visit
2014-03-26 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Global warming must not be forgotten, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday after visiting Greenland to get an up-close look at the consequences of climate problems. "You can't argue with nature. We need to act now," Ban said in Uummannaq, a town of 1,200 people north of the Arctic Circle. "The problem doesn't go away by being silent." Ban spoke after meeting with residents and taking a dogsled ride under deep blue skies outside Uummannaq, the first of two towns in Greenland he...
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Scientists warn that newly discovered Greenland melting could accelerate sea-level rise
2014-03-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A large area of the Greenland ice sheet once considered stable is actually shedding massive amounts of ice, suggesting that future sea-level rise may be worse than expected, a team of scientists warned yesterday in a new study. Regional warming has triggered newly discovered ice melting in a large portion of northeastern Greenland. The area, marked NEGIS, covers about 16 percent of the island's thick ice sheet. (Most-rapid melting is indicated in red.) Map courtesy of Ohio State University. The...
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