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12/29/2009
There is more evidence that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future, accoridng to USGS scientists.
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12/20/2009
Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse gases.
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12/16/2009
Scientists who study the melting of Greenland’s glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined.
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12/16/2009
A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level employs a novel statistical approach that reveals the polar ice sheets are vulnerable to large-scale melting even under moderate global warming scenarios.
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12/3/2009
The ENDURANCE (Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctic Explorer) is a mini-sub that is exploring and sampling Antarctica's perpetually frozen lakes. Read details of the project and dispatches from the ENDURANCE field team.
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12/1/2009
Thanks to a satellite collar, two innovative scientists, and a blog, people can follow Brutus, the “North Pole wolf”, as he leads his pack through the long arctic winter. Reserachers hope to learn what wolves like Brutus do in the cold and dark.
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12/1/2009
A new fossil species suggests that about 250 million years ago some land animals may have survived the largest known mass extinction in Earth's history--the end-Permian extinction--by living in cooler climates in Antarctica.
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11/17/2009
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its 2009 peak circumference in late September, according to measurements by NOAA. It This ranked as the 10th largest since satellite measurements began in 1979.
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11/10/2009
Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches may underestimate the age of many specimens by 200 to 600 percent.
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10/27/2009
The LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA) project will conduct a uniquely in-depth and wide-ranging study of an ice-shelf ecosystem in the wake of the spectacular collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf.
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