Tundra News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon?

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Less Summer Arctic Sea Ice Cover Means Colder, Snowier Winters in Central Europe

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Arctic Is Already Suffering the Effects of a Dangerous Climate Change
• Was the Little Ice Age Triggered by Massive Volcanic Eruptions?

Posted January 29, 2012:

• What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Injecting Sulfate Particles Into Stratosphere Won't Fully Offset Climate Change

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Low Temperatures Enhance Ozone Degradation Above the Arctic

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Cold Winters Caused by Warmer Summers, Research Suggests

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Two New Standard Reference Materials for Monitoring Human Exposure to Environmental Toxins

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Russian Runoff Freshening Canadian Arctic, NASA Finds

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Abrupt Permafrost Thaw Increases Climate Threat, Experts Say

Posted November 20, 2011:

• Carbon Cycling Was Much Smaller During Last Ice Age Than in Today's Climate

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Trees on Tundra's Border Are Growing Faster in a Hotter Climate

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Duck's Boon Might Be a Turtle's Bane: Overturned Duck Nest Boxes Can Be Death Traps for Turtles

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice Age Mammals, New Study Finds

Posted October 18, 2011:

• From Tropics to Poles: Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Polar Bears Ill from Accumulated Environmental Toxins

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Genome of the Brown Bear Sequenced; Scientists Hope to Learn About Adaptations to Climate Change

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Young and Thin Instead of Old and Bulky: Researchers Report on Changes in Arctic Sea Ice After Return of Research Vessel Polarstern
• Increasingly Precise Data on Radiation Reflected from the Arctic Sea Area
• Why Climate Models Underestimated Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: No Arctic Sea Ice in Summer by End of Century?

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second-Lowest Level
• Polar Oceans in Transition

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss Last Winter

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Model Provides Successful Seasonal Forecast for the Fate of Arctic Sea Ice

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Arctic Sea Ice Nears Minimum Extent

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Permafrost Could Release Vast Amounts of Carbon and Accelerate Climate Change by End of Century
• Research Vessel Polarstern at North Pole

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Polar Ice Caps Can Recover from Warmer Climate-Induced Melting, Study Shows

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Polar Climate Change May Lead to Ecological Change
• Arctic Ice Melt Could Pause for Several Years, Then Resume Again

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Large Variations in Arctic Sea Ice: Polar Ice Much Less Stable Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Tundra Fires Could Accelerate Climate Warming

Posted July 26, 2011:

• Little Crayfish Is Big Glutton in Arctic Waters

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Record Long Algal Bloom in Disko Bay, Greenland

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Fast-Shrinking Greenland Glacier Experienced Rapid Growth During Cooler Times

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Ancestry of Polar Bears Traced to Ireland

Posted July 5, 2011:

• More Rain, Less Snow Leads to Faster Arctic Ice Melt
• Researchers Push the Boundary With High Carbon Emission Scenarios

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Arctic Melting Will Affect the Migratory Strategies of Seabirds

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Northern Eurasian Snowpack Could Be a Predictor of Winter Weather in US, Team from UGA Reports

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Caribou in Alberta's Oil Sands Stressed by Human Activity, Not Wolves, Research Suggests

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Threat Level for Caribou in Alberta's Oilsands Country Lower Than Previously Thought
• Where Will Grizzly Bears Roam? Conservation Value of Roadless Public Land in Montana's Crown of the Continent Ecosystem

Posted June 19, 2011:

• Arctic Snow Can Harbor Deadly Assassin: Killer Fungal Strains

Posted June 15, 2011:

• What Will Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Mean for Barrier Islands?

Posted June 7, 2011:

• What Top Predators Can Tell Us About Ocean Ecosystems

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