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Greenland Ice Sheet Flow Driven by Short-Term Weather Extremes, Not Gradual Warming, Research Reveals
December 8, 2010 — Sudden changes in the volume of meltwater contribute more to the acceleration -- and eventual loss -- of the Greenland ice sheet than the gradual increase of temperature, according to a new ... > full story -
Snow from Space: Satellite Imagery of Snow-Bound UK
December 3, 2010 — Observation scientists have released stunning satellite images of the UK’s winter ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Drumlin Field Provides Answers About Glaciation and Climate
November 16, 2010 — The landform known as a drumlin, created when the ice advanced during the Ice Age, can also be produced by today's glaciers, researchers in Sweden have ... > full story -
Satellites Provide Up-to-Date Information on Snow Cover
November 12, 2010 — The European Space Agency's GlobSnow project, led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, uses satellites to produce up-to-date information on global snow cover. The new database gives fresh ... > full story -
Polar Bears Can't Eat Geese Into Extinction
November 4, 2010 — A new model shows that, even when polar bears come ashore earlier than in the past and have access to a new bounty in goose eggs, they cannot consume enough eggs to cause extinction in the birds ... > full story -
Another Winter of Extremes in Store for U.S. as La Niña Strengthens
October 22, 2010 — The Pacific Northwest should brace for a colder and wetter than average winter, while most of the South and Southeast will be warmer and drier than average through February 2011, according to the ... > full story -
Arctic Report Card: Region Continues to Warm at Unprecedented Rate
October 22, 2010 — The Arctic region, also called the "planet's refrigerator," continues to heat up, affecting local populations and ecosystems as well as weather patterns in the most populated parts of the Northern ... > full story -
Windborne Desert Dust Falls on High Peaks, Dampens Colorado River Runoff
September 20, 2010 — When the winds are right and the desert is dry, dust blows eastward from the semi-arid regions of the US Southwest. In a dust-up, Western style, small dark particles of the dust fall on the ... > full story -
NASA's Aqua Satellite Takes Snapshot of Arctic Ocean Sea Ice
September 14, 2010 — The Arctic Ocean is covered by a dynamic layer of sea ice that grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. While the 2010 minimum remains to be seen, NASA's ... > full story -
Research Shows Continued Decline of Oregon's Largest Glacier
September 7, 2010 — Researchers have returned to Collier Glacier for the first time in almost 20 years and found that the glacier has decreased more than 20 percent from its size in the late 1980s. The findings are ... > full story
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