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After warming fast, part of Antarctica gets a chill: Study
2016-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Antarctic Peninsula, among the fastest warming places on Earth last century, has since cooled due to natural swings in the local climate, scientists said on Wednesday, adding that the respite from the thaw is likely to be brief. Rapid warming until the late 1990s on the peninsula, which snakes up toward South America, triggered the break-up of ancient ice shelves, which are vast expanses of ice floating on the sea at the end of glaciers, and declines in some penguin colonies. But a shift...
Oceans Eating Away at Yet Another Part of Antarctica
2016-07-14 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming spots on the planet, and it was thought that the rising air temperature was driving the melt of the glaciers along its fringes. But it is actually warm ocean waters that are eating away at the ice along part of its western side, a group of scientists reported Thursday in the journal Science. Icebergs that have newly calved from glacier fronts in Marguerite Bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The study adds to a spate of research...
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Antarctica Penguins to Disappear by 2100: Study
2016-07-09 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Micro Finance Monitor: A NASA-funded study by University of Delaware projected that Adelie penguins across Antarctica will disappear by the end of this century owing to melting caused by climate change. An Adélie penguin cares for its chicks. CREDIT: University of Delaware/Megan Cimino They said approximately 30 percent of current Adélie colonies may decline by 2060, and approximately 60 percent of the present population might be dwindling by 2099. However, the penguins at more southerly sites in Antarctica may be...
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Antarctica ozone hole is healing sooner and faster than expected
2016-07-02 18:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Modern Readers: New research suggests that the ozone hole in Antarctica is getting smaller and growing to its full size later than it does in the year. According to the researchers, this healing process has been described as a victory in the fight against man-made climate change and the effects it has dealt on Earths ozone layer. The multinational team of scientists discovered in their study that the September-October ozone hole has become smaller, shrinking by about 1.7 million square miles in the all-important...
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Climate Change Threatening Penguins In Antarctica: Study
2016-07-01 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Continued warming of Antarctica due to climate change may lead to decline of 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this century, a new study has warned. Climate change in Antarctica, cooling in some places and warming in others, is causing a dramatic shift in the population of Adelie penguins, researchers said. Historic satellite observations and future climate model projections were used to estimate past and future changes in habitat suitability during the penguins' chick-rearing...
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