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Arctic nations unprepared for major shipwreck, study claims
2014-02-16 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Arctic nations are not sufficiently prepared for a major shipwreck in the region, a new study has warned. Marc Jacobsen, a Danish member of the Arctic Institute NGO, modelled a scenario in which the 92,700 tonne cruise liner Costa Deliziosa struck an iceberg off the coast of western Greenland. His findings, presented at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Troms, Norway, last month, showed that the Arctic Councils current search and rescue plans would be insufficient. Jacobsens hypothetical...
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Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Getting Longer
2014-02-15 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The summer melt season for Arctic sea ice has lengthened by a month or more since 1979, a new study finds. The primary culprit is a delayed fall freeze-up -- the autumn chill when sea water freezes into ice -- but the fallout remains the same: the Arctic ice cap is stuck in a vicious feedback loop betwixt its warming environment and melting ice, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The Arctic is one of the fastest warming places on Earth. Temperatures here...
State Department to add Arctic envoy
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he was creating a position of envoy to the Arctic, fulfilling a longtime request of Alaskan lawmakers. The announcement, in a letter to Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), comes amid increasing concerns that other nations notably Russia are staking claims in the Arctic amid a regional race for oil, gas and minerals sparked by global climate change. Kerry told Begich that time is of the essence as the U.S. prepares to preside over the eight-nation Arctic...
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Arctic Animals Are Sentinels For Climate Change
2014-02-15 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Being particularly sensitive to carbon monoxide and methane, canaries were often used by miners as sentinels to determine if the toxic mine-related gases were building up to dangerous levels. Speaking this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, oceanographer Sue Moore said walruses, polar bears and seals can be looked at in much the same way, in that well-being of these Arctic animals are essentially early-warning systems for determining...
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Is Climate Change Increasing the Disease Risk for Arctic Marine Mammals?
2014-02-14 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Climate change is melting Arctic sea ice, leaving animals that depend on it high and dry. Marine mammals like ringed seals have to find new areas to give birth, raise their young, and haul out. And now, experts say, these animals must deal with another woeemerging diseases. Ice-free parts of the Arctic seem to be opening up new areas for more than just shipping companies. A new species of parasite, Sarcocystis pinnipedi, is on the move south, infecting gray seals and killing off as much as 20...
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