Monthly Archives: August 2009

New predictions for future sea level rise

New Predictions For Sea Level Rise Science Daily (July 29, 2009) — Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections. … Read more »

Polar temperatures rise rapidly: Summer ice break-up starts early

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Walruses are amongst the animals under threat © 2009 Financial Times Deutschland, © dpa Melting ice threatens polar life As temperatures rise rapidly at the poles the break-up of summer ice starts early by von Cameron Dueck The Financial Times … Read more »

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat

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The shore line from Tuktoyaktuk, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, is shown on August 8, 2009. The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles of ice in a relentless summer of melt, as scientists watched through … Read more »

SOI-IPY Expeditioners return to Ottawa!

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SOI-IPY Arctic Youth Expedition 2009 participants returned to Ottawa last evening evening from their incredible journey to Nunavik, Northern Québec, and Baffin Island, Nunavut. Returning via Iqaluit, Nunavut, yesterday they toured of the Legislative Assembly with Nunavut’s Commissioner, the Honourable … Read more »