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Exceptional view of deep Arctic Ocean methane seeps
2015-06-22 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Close to 30,000 high definition images of the deep Arctic Ocean floor were captured on a recent research cruise. This gives researchers insight into the most remote sites of natural methane release in the world. Over a course of 12 days Dr. Giuliana Panieri and her colleagues from Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate collected images from seven areas of known methane release in the Arctic Ocean. One of them was Vestnesa Ridge, with over 1000 active seep sites at the depth of over...
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Oil and Arctic Ocean Make A Highly Troublesome Mix
2015-06-08 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last October, an unmanned barge with 950 gallons of fuel on board was in the Beaufort Sea when it broke free from the tug towing it. The weather was stormy and the tug captain decided it was too dangerous to try to retrieve the barge in turbulent seas. Ideally, the Canadian Coast Guard would have been on hand to deal with the situation. But the icebreaker it routinely dispatches to the Beaufort Sea Krichevsky/Wikimedia Commons The Russian oil rig Prirazlomnaya, operated by energy giant Gasprom,...
Polar Code acknowldeges Arctic Ocean and wildlife warrant special international protection
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: Imagine traveling seas beset by hurricane-force winds, extreme waves, poorly charted waters, and long seasons of darkness. Where calls for help may not be readily answered. Now, imagine pristine seas where exotic wildlife, some traveling great distances to feed or have their young, are found in abundance. A place that has sustained capable, local people for millennia. This is not a science fiction adventure to some far-off planet. Instead, both descriptions could be applied to navigating Arctic...
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New era in Arctic Ocean due to climate change
2015-05-05 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change has led to the Arctic Ocean entering a new era that could have an impact on the regions biodiversity, according to Norwegian scientists. The Norwegian Polar Institute is researching how climate change is impacting the Arctic Ocean. In particular, they will look at how rising temperatures and melting ice is leading to less multi-year ice, which builds up over a number of years, and more young ice. Speaking to the BBC, Jan-Gunnar Winther, said, We have almost no data from the...
16-foot Waves Measured Arctic Ocean Where Once Only Ice
2014-07-31 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Sixteen-foot waves are buffeting an area of the Arctic Ocean that until recently was permanently covered in sea ice-another sign of a warming climate, scientists say. Because wave action breaks up sea ice, allowing more sunlight to warm the ocean, it can trigger a cycle that leads to even less ice, more wind, and higher waves. (See "Shrinking Arctic Ice Prompts Drastic Change in National Geographic Atlas.") Scientists had never measured waves in the Beaufort Sea, an area north of Alaska, until...
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