Arctic ice shrinks, Antarctic grows
While the dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice cover over the last three decades has been well documented, NASA climatologists…
Arctic warming causing increased snowfalls?
New evidence put forward by Georgia Institute of Technology atmospheric scientists links increasingly heavy snowfalls in the Northern Hemisphere to…
New Arctic shipping routes will accelerate warming
As the Arctic Ocean warms and ice-packs retreat, new routes will open up which will likely prove irresistible to shipping…
Arctic Heatwave Sends Climatologists Back To Drawing Board
Unprecedented warm temperatures in the arctic this summer were so extreme that researchers have begun revising their climate forecasts. “Everything…
Greenhouse Gases Taking The Heat For Dirty Snow
The global warming debate has until now focused almost entirely on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists…
Arctic Permafrost Not So Permanent
Earth’s warming climate looks like it could thaw 90 percent of the perennially frozen soil across the Arctic by 2100,…
Arctic Lakes Shrinking
Arctic warming could be behind a decrease in the number and size of Arctic lakes, say researchers from the University…