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Melt Ponds Cause Artic Sea Ice to Melt More Rapidly
January 18, 2013 — The Arctic sea ice has not only declined over the past decade but has also become distinctly thinner and younger. Researchers are now observing mainly thin, first-year ice floes which are extensively ... > full story -
Climate Events Drive High-Arctic Vertebrate Community Into Synchrony: Extreme Weather Potent Force for Arctic Overwintering Populations
January 17, 2013 — Climate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer or caribou, but the effect of climate at the community level has been much more difficult to document. ... > full story -
Novel Approach to Track Migration of Arctic-Breeding Avian Species
January 15, 2013 — A group of scientists have tried to determine how snow bunting populations are linked in space and time. Considering that the snow bunting poses an extra challenge to monitor due to its inaccessible ... > full story -
Climate Change May Benefit Most Mammals That Live in Northern Europe’s Arctic and Sub-Arctic Land Areas in Short Run
January 14, 2013 — The climate changes depicted by climatologists up to the year 2080 will benefit most mammals that live in northern Europe’s Arctic and Sub-Arctic land areas today if they are able to reach ... > full story -
Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Ice Export Between Greenland and Svalbard
January 14, 2013 — The Arctic sea ice is shrinking, both in extent and thickness. In addition to the humanmade contribution to the sea ice loss, there are also natural factors contributing to this loss. In a new study ... > full story -
New Way to Study Permafrost Soil, Above and Below Ground
January 4, 2013 — Scientists have developed a new way to explore the little-known world of permafrost soils, which store almost as much carbon as the rest of the world's soils and about twice as much as is in the ... > full story -
NASA's Operation IceBridge Data Brings New Twist to Sea Ice Forecasting
December 19, 2012 — Shrinking Arctic sea ice grabbed the world's attention again earlier this year with a new record low minimum. Growing economic activity in the Arctic, such as fishing, mineral exploration and ... > full story -
Boreal Bird Species of Conservation Concern Affected by Climate Change
December 17, 2012 — A new study shows that species of conservation concern show contrasting population trends in boreal protected areas in Finland. In general, population densities of southern species have increased ... > full story -
'Missing' Polar Weather Systems Could Impact Climate Predictions
December 16, 2012 — Intense but small-scale polar storms could make a big difference to climate predictions, according to new research. Difficult-to-forecast polar mesoscale storms occur frequently over the polar seas; ... > full story -
'House Hunters Walrus': Novel Camera System to Map Arctic Sea Ice Surface Topography
December 14, 2012 — Scientists have developed a novel camera system to map the surface topography of Arctic sea ice to assess walrus ... > full story
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