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Graphic: Spiralising Arctic sea ice records
2016-07-04 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Animation shows how north polar sea ice has shrunk year on year since PIOMAS records began in 1979 Researchers studying Arctic sea ice (Pic: NASA/Kathryn Hansen) Remember that viral gif showing global average temperatures spiraling upward? Well, the man behind it, Reading University climate scientist Ed Hawkins, has been at it again. This time, he has mapped the shrinking volume of Arctic sea ice since 1979 (press play to start the animation). Meanwhile, in the Arctic, sea ice volume...
Expanding Antarctic sea ice linked to natural variability
2016-07-04 10:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: The recent trend of increasing Antarctic sea ice extent-seemingly at odds with climate model projections-can largely be explained by a natural climate fluctuation, according to a new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The study offers evidence that the negative phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), which is characterized by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical eastern...
Sea rising, exit plan confronts islanders
2016-07-03 03:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For years, scientists have been predicting that much of Kiribati may become uninhabitable within decades because of an onslaught of environmental problems linked to climate change. And for just as long, many here have paid little heed. But while scientists are reluctant to attribute any specific weather or tidal event to rising sea levels, the tidal surge last winter, known as a king tide, was a wake-up call. "It shocked us," said Tean Rube, a pastor with the Kiribati Uniting Church. "We realized,...
Sea Level Rise Could Wash Away Our Natural and Cultural History
2016-07-02 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A 50-minute subway ride connects downtown Manhattan with the Broad Channel neighborhood in outer Queens. On each end sits a National Park Service site that showcases the diversity of what parks can be and how theyre united in common challenges. On the Manhattan end, the weathered green hue of the Statue of Liberty looms over the blue waters of New York Harbor, a beacon of hope to the world over. The hulking monument greeted more than 12 million immigrants who passed through its neighbor to the...
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Restoring saltmarshes, a cost-effective strategy to counteract the rise in sea level
2016-07-01 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Saltmarshes cushion the energy of the waves and act as natural barriers against high-energy climate phenomena. That is why restoring the currently occupied saltmarshes could be a cost-effective adaptation strategy to counteract the effects of the rise in sea level. This is one of the conclusions of a piece of research led by the UPV/EHU and which sets the time needed by several saltmarshes on the eastern Cantabrian coast to regenerate at less than 10 years. In the current scenario of global warming...
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