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Arctic Sea ice sits at record low for mid-February
2014-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Arctic sea ice growth has slowed dramatically in recent weeks, thanks in large part to abnormally warm air and water temperatures. Sea ice now sits at record low levels for mid-February. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, as of February 18, sea ice covered about 14.36 million square kilometers in the Arctic. The previous low on this date was 14.37 million square kilometers in 2006. The main culprit -- in addition to the overall trend of global warming -- is likely the rash...
Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Has Greater Warming Impact Than Expected
2014-02-19 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Env 360: The steady disappearance of Arctic sea ice, which is causing the exposed and darker surface of the Arctic Ocean to absorb more sunlight, is having a more profound impact on global warming than previously estimated, according to a new study. The decline of albedo, or reflectivity, from the Arctic Ocean equals roughly 25 percent of the warming caused by rising carbon dioxide levels, according to scientists at the University of California, San Diego. The impact of this "albedo feedback," in which the...
Can California Farmers Save Water and the Dying Salton Sea?
2014-02-18 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Standing atop a rocky outcrop on the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea in southern California, Bruce Wilcox pointed to the wooden ruins of a boat dock that dates back to the 1960s, when the region was a marina that attracted sport fishermen and celebrities. On a sunny day last December, the dock sat hundreds of feet from the water, rendered obsolete by the shoreline's steady withdrawal. No boats were visible anywhere on the shimmering blue water. "The marina's been dry for the last five or six...
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SWANA symposium presents "Resourceful Solutions from Sea to Sea"
2014-02-18 17:35:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
The 2014 SWANA Canadian Waste Resource Symposium presents "Resourceful Solutions from Sea to Sea" on April 2, 3 and 4, 2014 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in downtown Richmond, British Columbia.
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Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought
2014-02-17 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations. Sea ice helps cool the Arctic by reflecting incoming solar radiation back into space. Because of its light color, sea ice has what is known as high albedo, which is the percentage of solar radiation a surface reflects back to space. Dark ocean water left behind by melting sea ice, on the other...
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