Tundra News

Posted April 6, 2012:

• Long-Term Studies Detect Effects of Disappearing Snow and Ice

Posted April 4, 2012:

• New Mechanism of Past Global Warming? Thawing Permafrost 50 Million Years Ago Led to Global Warming Events
• Vegetation Cover Affects the Speed of Snowmelt in Tundra Regions

Posted April 3, 2012:

• New Report on the State of Polar Regions

Posted March 30, 2012:

• Good News for Norwegian Polar Bears: PCBs Levels Down

Posted March 27, 2012:

• Signs of Thawing Permafrost Revealed from Space

Posted March 23, 2012:

• An Extinct Species of Scops Owl Has Been Discovered in Madeira

Posted March 22, 2012:

• In Wild Winter, Citizen Scientists See Where and Why Birds Traveled
• Hot Zones for Grizzly Bear Encounters Mapped

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Nuclear Fusion Simulation Shows High-Gain Energy Output

Posted March 16, 2012:

• Increase in Arctic Shipping Is Risk to Marine Mammals

Posted March 1, 2012:

• Sea Ice Drives Arctic Air Pollutants, NASA Finds

Posted March 6, 2012:

• Using a Gun in Bear Encounters Doesn't Make You Safer

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Unexpected Crustacean Diversity Discovered in Northern Freshwater Ecosystems

Posted March 1, 2012:

• Protein Complex Affects Cells' Ability to Move, Respond to External Cues

Posted February 29, 2012:

• Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Unusual Weather: Arctic Sea Ice Decline May Be Driving Snowy Winters Seen in Recent Years in N. Hemisphere

Posted February 22, 2012:

• Even in Winter, Life Persists in Arctic Seas

Posted February 20, 2012:

• Bird Stewards Increase the Effectiveness of Protected Beaches
• Global Permafrost Zones in High-Resolution Images on Google Earth

Posted February 13, 2012:

• Research Yields Better Seasonal Climate Forecasts

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:

• New Technology Shows Molecules and Cells in Action
• 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 5, 2012:

• New Practice Model May Reduce Miscarriage After Assisted Reproduction

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Russian Runoff Freshening Canadian Arctic, NASA Finds

Posted December 9, 2011:

• Moss Well Invested

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

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