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Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'

By On September 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

New research from the journal Science shows that arctic temperatures are higher now than they have been for the past 2000 years. Using ice cores, tree rings and lake sediments, Kaufmann et al were able to establish a comprehensive record of decadal change within the region, revealing that four of the five warmest decades [...]

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Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide

By On July 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sensational headline by The Guardian newspaper? The Obama administration has unclassified over a thousand images of Arctic sea ice to aid scientists in the study of global warming and the impacts of climate change. The images are striking – see this comparison in Alaska between 2006 – 2007. The release of such [...]

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"Climate change hitting entire Arctic ecosystem, says report"

By On April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Guardian, 28th April 2008

Extensive climate change is now affecting every form of life in the Arctic, according to a major new assessment by international polar scientists. In the past four years, air temperatures have increased, sea ice has declined sharply, surface waters in the Arctic ocean have warmed [...]

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Melting Artic ice acts as a CO2 sink, whilst Antarctic wintertime ice is on the increase

By On September 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

"Antarctic sea ice increases despite warming" (New Scientist, 12 September 2008)

The amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown in recent Septembers in what could be an unusual side-effect of global warming, experts say.

In the southern hemisphere winter, when emperor penguins huddle together against the biting cold, ice on the sea [...]

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