Arctic news
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Arctic climate changing fast
ENN: Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's changing north. (Feb 8, 2010)
Arctic melting to cost $24 trillion by 2050
The Economic Times: Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $24 trillion by 2050 in
damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a report released on Friday.
(Feb 7, 2010)
Despite cool temperatures, ice extent remains low
NSIDC: Despite cool temperatures over most of the Arctic Ocean in January, Arctic sea ice extent continued to track below normal. By the end of January, ice extent dropped below the extent observed in January 2007. Ice extent was unusually low in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, the one major area of the Arctic where temperatures remained warmer than normal. (Feb 3, 2010)
To cool global meltdown, G7 heads deep into Arctic
Yahoo News/AFP: IQALUIT, Nunavut – This Canadian Arctic capital has no stop lights and didn't start naming its streets until a decade ago. Blizzards can last a week or more, and they tend to come very suddenly. So when the financial chiefs of the seven big industrial democracies meet here Friday and Saturday, they'd better have a quick way out. (Feb 3, 2010)
Melting Arctic Ice: What Satellite Images Don't See
Time: For scientists studying the health of Arctic sea ice, satellite observations are absolutely essential for providing the big picture. (Jan 28, 2010)
From the press
- Arctic climate changing fast >>
[ENN, Feb 8, 2010] - Arctic melting to cost $24 trillion by 2050 >>
[The Economic Times, Feb 7, 2010] - Despite cool temperatures, ice extent remains low >>
[NSIDC, Feb 3, 2010] - To cool global meltdown, G7 heads deep into Arctic >>
[Yahoo News/AFP, Feb 3, 2010] - Melting Arctic Ice: What Satellite Images Don't See >>
[Time, Jan 28, 2010] - Global warming threatens the Arctic charr >>
[Planet Earth, Jan 22, 2010] - Climate change opens up Arctic for undersea cable >>
[The Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 21, 2010] - 2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade >>
[Nasa, Jan 21, 2010] - Why the pink-footed goose is a CO2 villain >>
[the guardian, Jan 20, 2010] - Arctic permafrost leaking methane at record levels, figures show >>
[The Guardian, Jan 14, 2010]
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