Polar Ice Caps

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Global Warming on a Roll at the Poles: Increased Melting, Cracking & Splitting

Neil Wagner | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Melting Sea Ice, Climate Change, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice, Global Warming 2012, Polar Ice Caps, Climate Change 2012, Green News

Melting, cracking, splitting and calving in Earth's cryosphere may be the most dramatic embodiments of the climatic change. Why should all this melting ice matter to us? Here are a few reasons.

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Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Second Lowest Level

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Video, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melting, Melting Sea Ice, Polar Ice Caps, Climate-Change, Oceans, Arctic, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thur...

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No More Polar Ice? Not So Fast, Study Says

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Melting Ice Caps, Polar Ice Caps, Climate Change, Video, Sea Ice, Arctic Sea Ice, Green News

Arctic sea ice is melting, but don't say goodbye just yet. A new study reveals that it may temporarily stop melting--or even expand--during the next ...

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Spy Island Polar Bears, Meet the World

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Oil, Polar Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Global Warming, Arctic Ocean, Arctic, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Last month, a wildlife biologist for the federal government took a phone call from a manmade island north of Alaska, where a polar bear had emerged from a snow drift perhaps 6-10 feet deep on top of the artificial ground.

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Weekly Climate Science Roundup

David Kroodsma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Science, Global Warming, Climate Change, Extinction, Polar Ice Caps, Clean Energy, Electricity, Green News

The paper on extinction makes for a fascinating read, addressing the key question: how do today's human-driven extinctions compare to the major biodiversity catastrophes of the past?

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Expect Alaska's Glaciers to Heat Up Soon

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Climate Change, Alaska, Melting Glaciers, Global Warming, Clean Water, Polar Ice Caps, Glaciers, Green News

Most of the world's mountain glaciers and small ice caps will disappear or shrivel dramatically by the end of the century, with Alaska glaciers and ic...

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Wild Weather Unleashed as Arctic Thaws

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Let's take a much closer look at what's going on in the Arctic, because it's thawing at an alarming rate.

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Paul Nicklen's Polar Obsession Photos

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Leopard Seal, Slidepoll, Antarctica, National Geographic, Penguin, Polar Bear, Animals, Canada, Arctic, Narwhals, Norway, Paul Nicklen, Polar Obsession, Polar Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Bull Walrus, Environment, Green News

Renowned National Geographic extreme photojournalist Paul Nicklen has released a new book titled Polar Obsession, which chronicles his expedition unde...

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The $100 Trillion Tsunami

Don Ringe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand, Tsunami, Flooding, Polar Ice Caps, Polar Bears, Los Angeles Times, Dike, Netherlands, Global Warming, Ocean, Los Angeles News

As the polar ice caps continue to melt, it apparently won't be just the polar bears who are threatened. The City of the Angels could become a shallow inland sea.

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WATCH: Why Are They Downplaying How Easily We Could Rebuild Polar Ice Caps?

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polar Ice Caps, Climate Change, Geoengineering, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Comedy News

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James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Photography, Technology, Climate Change, Global Issues, James Balog, Polar Ice Caps, Global Warming, Green News

Balog has been going up north to shoot the half-alive ice of the mammoth glaciers for his Extreme Ice Survey, a look at the shocking effects of abrupt climate change in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland.

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Newly Released US Military Spy Satellite Images Show Massive Arctic Ice Melt

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Global Warming, Arctic Ice Melt, Polar Ice Caps, Carbon Emissions, Green News

While most people don't need any more proof that the Arctic is melting, new spy satellite photos released by the U.S. Military today put the nail in the climate change coffin.

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Arctic sea ice thinnest ever going into spring

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polar Ice Caps, Arctic Ice, Weather, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Arctic is treading on thinner ice than ever before. Researchers say that as spring begins, more than 90 percent of the sea ice ...

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London Polar Bear Sculpture Stranded On The Thames (SLIDESHOW)

Times Online | Joanna Sugden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Climate Change, Polar Bear on the Thames, Polar Bears, Polar Ice Caps, London Polar Bear, Animals, Global Warming, Arctic Icemelt, Polar Bear Thames, Green News

A new sculpture floating in the Thames River is catching eyes and raising awareness of melting ice caps. The sculpture, a realistic-looking polar bear...

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Eyewitness To A Melting World

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Icebergs Melting, Polar Icecaps, Polar Ice Caps, Iceland, Polar Ice Caps Melting, Global Warming, Climate Change, Healthy Living News

Witnessing the silent white/blue coldness of ice shelves, ice caps, glaciers and icebergs in our polar regions is life-altering. How can you not be moved to change when the world seems to be melting before your eyes?

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