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Emperor Penguins Forced To Climb Cliffs To Breed As Climate Change Causes Arctic Sea Ice To Melt
2014-01-12 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When an animal species depends on sea ice for a good part of its life cycle, what are they going to do when that sea ice starts to melt and disappear due to climate change? Well for some colonies of emperor penguins, it appears the only solution is to move away from that melting sea ice even if it means climbing up the very steep sides of floating ice shelves to find safer breeding sites. The new behavior described this week in the journal PLoS One was observed in four of the 46 known emperor...
Arctic Methane Bubbles Not As Foreboding As Once Feared
2014-01-06 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: European scientists were alarmed in 2008 when they discovered streams of methane bubbles erupting from the seafloor in Norway's high Arctic. This gas, which contributes to global warming, was apparently coming from methane ice on the seafloor. A follow-up study finds that methane bubble plumes at this location have probably been forming for a few thousand years, so they are not the result of human-induced climate change. But continued warming of ocean water can trigger more methane releases in the...
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After Dizzying Weather, New Yorkers Brace for Arctic Blast
2014-01-06 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday declared a state of emergency in 14 counties in western New York and announced that parts of the New York Thruway would be closed, as the Buffalo area braced itself for as much as three feet of snow and wind chills of 30 degrees below zero. New York Citys Department of Homeless Services issued a Code Blue alert, doubling the number of people on the street trying to reach out to those who need shelter at a time when the temperature is experiencing a major drop. The...
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Greenland explores Arctic mineral riches amid fears pristine region
2014-01-05 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: London Mining, a British mineral company, is trying to attract Chinese and other international investors to build a 1.5bn iron ore mine just outside the Arctic Circle in Greenland. The move comes as BP and Shell join others exploring for oil and gas in the pristine waters off Greenland, as concerns grow that the wave of industrialisation in the region will damage the pristine environment. Greenland and the wider Arctic is seen as one of the new frontiers for exploiting mineral wealth, but...
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Midwest, Northeast brace for Arctic blast, record lows
2014-01-05 03:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Many parts of the Midwest braced for a blast of Arctic air this weekend that could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades before advancing to the Northeast, where residents are still digging out from a deadly snowstorm. Starting Sunday, the deep freeze will be felt in the northern plains, including North and South Dakota, and through the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley, according to the National Weather Service. It will be some of the coldest weather to grip the region in...
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