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Top Predators Key to Extinctions as Planet Warms
June 21, 2012 Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models, researchers argue in a new ... > full story -
Arctic Climate More Vulnerable Than Thought, Maybe Linked to Antarctic Ice-Sheet Behavior
June 21, 2012 First analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the Arctic provide dramatic, "astonishing" documentation that intense warm intervals, warmer than scientists thought possible, ... > full storyMore: -
Increasing Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Arctic Coastal Seas
June 18, 2012 The Arctic coastal seas absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to an ever-decreasing extent. This leads to an increase in the level in the atmosphere and an increase in the rate of warming in the ... > full story -
Seeping Arctic Methane Has Serious Implications for Florida Coastline
June 18, 2012 All of the methane escaping into the atmosphere causes more melting ice, oceanographers say, which causes sea levels to rise and could affect coastal real estate values -- sooner rather than ... > full story -
Expansion of Forests in the European Arctic Could Result in the Release of Carbon Dioxide
June 17, 2012 Carbon stored in Arctic tundra could be released into the atmosphere by new trees growing in the warmer region, exacerbating climate change, scientists have ... > full story -
Warm Climate -- Cold Arctic?
June 14, 2012 The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is often used as a model for contemporary climate change. Scientists have presented evidence that the Eemian differed in essential ... > full story -
Northeast Passage Soon Free from Ice Again?
June 13, 2012 The Northeast Passage, the sea route along the North coast of Russia, is expected to be free of ice early again this summer. The forecast was made by sea ice physicists based on a series of ... > full story -
Arctic Getting Greener
June 11, 2012 Recent years' warming in the Arctic has caused local changes in vegetation, reveals new ... > full story -
Oceanic Circulation: Heat Loss Strengthens the Gyre Circulation
June 8, 2012 A new study explains decadal variations in the oceanic circulation south of Greenland and ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Huge Phytoplankton Bloom in Ice-Covered Waters
June 7, 2012 Scientists have discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit the growth of microscopic marine plants ... > full story
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