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Arctic sea ice "recovers" to its 6th-lowest extent in millennia
2013-09-19 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As Suzanne Goldenberg reported in The Guardian yesterday, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent, at approximately 5.1 million square kilometers. This is the 6th-lowest extent since the satellite record began in 1979. But in fact, scientists have also reconstructed Arctic sea ice extent data much further into the past. For example, Drs. Walsh & Chapman from the University of Illinois have estimated sea ice extent as far back as the year 1870 using a vast array of data...
The Vital Long View in Tracking Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice
2013-09-18 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: With the annual pullback of Arctic Ocean sea ice at an end, its clear that this years retreat is nowhere near the satellite-era record set in 2012, but its also clear that there is still a long-term trajectory toward a largely open-water Arctic in summers in coming decades. The image above is from The Cryosphere Today, a valuable Website maintained by William Chapman and others at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The National Snow and Ice Data Center has not quite officially called...
Estimates put Arctic ice melting by 2050
2013-09-18 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: The Arctics summer sea ice is set to nearly vanish in less than 40 years, according to the final draft of a sweeping UN climate change report that sharply revises past estimates of how fast the icy north is melting. A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in September before mid-century is likely, says the draft seen by the Financial Times of the first large-scale study in six years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The retreating ice is encouraging for Arctic nations such as Russia,...
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Russia: Two Arrested During Arctic Drilling Protest After Scaling Oil Platform
2013-09-18 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted a disproportionate use of force by the Russian Coast Guard. Now there are no climbers remaining on the platform, but the Greenpeace International icebreaker Arctic Sunrise remains in the area. The two are now in custody on the Russian Coast Guard vessel. Crew members of the Arctic Sunrise reported that a total of 11 warning shots...
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Greenpeace assails Arctic oil rig
2013-09-18 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Greenpeace activists have launched an attempt to board a Russian oil platform and prevent it drilling in the Arctic. The group released pictures of two activists scaling the side of the giant Prirazlomnaya platform, and of security forces boarding one of its boats. The project, run by oil monopoly Gazprom, is Russia's first effort to extract oil from the Barents Sea. Greenpeace opposes Arctic drilling, saying it threatens a unique and fragile environment. The group said two of its activists were...
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