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Two Lakes Discovered Under Greenland's Ices
2013-11-28 05:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Softpedia: A team of researchers with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) from the University of Cambridge announces the discovery of two subglacial lakes in Greenland, the first of their kind to be found on the island. Similar formations were thus far only known to exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets. According to the research group, these lakes are now only one third of their previous area. Measurements conducted by the team revealed that each of the two lakes covers an area of 8 to 10 square...
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Canada's Subarctic Lakes are Drying Out
2013-11-27 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Atypically light snowfall over recent winters in Canada's subarctic regions has led many of the region's lakes to dry out, prompting researchers to worry. After studying 70 lakes in and around Old Crow in the Yukon territory and Churchhill in Manitoba, researchers found that the majority of the lakes are less than 1 meter deep. Analysis of the environment surrounding the lakes revealed that most lie on flat terrain surrounded by scrubby vegetation, which are also showing signs of desiccation,...
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Scientists Seek Origin of Deadly Disease Plaguing Great Lakes Waterfowl
2013-11-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers have developed a new way to track a deadly disease wreaking havoc on the water bird population of the Great Lakes region. Type E botulism is a neuromuscular disease caused when birds ingest infected fish. With 10,000 more waterfowl dying in 2007 from the sickness compared to when it was first reported 50 years ago, ocean engineers from the Florida Atlantic University Institute for Ocean Systems Engineering have teamed up with the US Geological Survey in order to track waterfowl carcasses...
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Tar Sands Industry Eyes Great Lakes for Cheap Shipping
2013-11-22 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As tar sands extraction continues and proposals for expanded pipelines from Canada into the U.S. form a backdrop, the Great Lakes themselves could become the next frontier for moving crude oil to a vast Midwest refinery network. The region faces a critical choice about whether the Great Lakes should become a thoroughfare for tar sands crude shipping, a new report from Alliance for the Great Lakes warns. The report, Oil and Water: Tar Sands Crude Shipping Meets Great Lakes?, finds that neither...
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Great Lakes Recover Substantial Water Levels
2013-11-21 05:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Water levels in the Great Lakes, which reached historic lows earlier this year, have recovered substantially because of heavy snowfall and spring rains, government scientists said. Lakes Michigan and Huron saw a 20-inch rise this yearnearly twice the normal amount, said Keith Kompoltowicz, who monitors the lakes for the Army Corps of Engineers. Levels remain below long-term averages in some of the lakes, and it is hard to predict whether the gains will hold, said Drew Gronewold, a hydrologist with...
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