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As Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow
2016-07-06 07:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: An enormous landslide that spread rocky debris more than six miles across a glacier in southeastern Alaska last week was not the first to occur in the area, and certainly will not be the last. The slide, first noticed by Paul Swanstrom, a sightseeing pilot, on June 28, occurred when part of a mountain gave way near Lamplugh Glacier, in Glacier Bay National Park, about 100 miles northwest of Juneau. Photographs taken by Mr. Swanstrom several hours after the slide showed a dark mass spread over...
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Red alert as Arctic snows melt faster
2016-07-02 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Microscopic forms of coloured algae are suspected of helping to speed up the melting rate of snow by reducing its crucial ability to reflect the suns rays. German scientists have fingered a new suspect in the great glacial melting mystery. The secret agent that may be darkening the summer snows and speeding up the absorption of solar rays is a family of microscopic, cold-loving organisms that tint the snow red. The identification is not a simple matter, and no arrest is likely to be made soon....
Arctic?s red algae speeding up global warming, causing glaciers to melt fast
2016-06-23 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IB Times: A study has revealed that fields of red-coloured algae are forming on worlds glaciers and it is accelerating global warming. Previously, the experts thought the red colour of the snow was caused by some chemical spill or baby seal clubbing. However, it is just algae, and scientists are completely baffled by this weird phenomenon. Moreover, the algae-formation is causing the glaciers to melt fast. The study, published in the science journal Nature Communications, revealed that its the colour...
Southwest Heat Wave Causes Snowpack To Melt Earlier, Quicker
2016-06-22 11:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Scientists say more heat will likely be the new normal for the Southwest. Water managers are warning that soaring temperatures are also causing the region's already stressed snowpack to melt faster.
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Scientists say Greenlands vast melt hasnt slowed down the Atlantic Oceans circulation yet
2016-06-21 15:05:48| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Last year, a bombshell scientific study suggested a scenario that has long worried scientists was coming to pass: a slowdown in the North Atlantic ocean currents that usually redistribute warm and cold waters, thanks to massive ice melts in Greenland and other Arctic changes. If this is really happening, its a big deal. The circulation, sometimes called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation or AMOC, transports enormous amounts of warmth northward from lower latitudes. If it slows down,...
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