Tag: Arctic

Sea level rise worse than expected

Long-term sea level increases that could have a devastating effect on southern Florida and highly populated coastal areas may

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Arctic ‘methane chimneys’ raise fears of runaway climate change

Researchers say evidence suggests that the frozen seabed is perforated and is starting to leak methane, but other scientists

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Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record

The Arctic's sea ice pack thawed to its third-lowest summer level on record, up slightly from the seasonal melt

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Methane under permafrost could speed up global warming 20-fold

Washington, Sep 3 : Melting permafrost in arctic regions, triggered by global warming, will release underground methane. Once released,

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Arctic now warmest in 2000 years

Climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions pushed Arctic temperatures in the last decade to the highest levels in at least 2,000

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Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat

TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories - The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of

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Hundreds of methane ‘plumes’ discovered

British scientists have discovered hundreds more methane "plumes" bubbling up from the Arctic seabed, in an area to the

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Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher

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Canada’s Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away

OTTAWA (AFP) - Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third

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Russia plans Arctic military build-up

Russia has raised the stakes in the international scramble for the Arctic by announcing it will boost its military

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