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Graphics tell the story of record melting in Greenland

Posted on January 22nd by Tom Yulsman. 6
This movie, produced by the Cryospheric Processes Laboratory, consists of stills and video collected during 2009 and 2010. Meltwater is the theme. The vocal is a Shaman Inuit Chant. Greenland ...
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The planet votes last: Arctic waters acidifying faster than expected

Posted on November 4th by Tom Yulsman.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="195" caption="Phytoplankton, Barents Sea"][/caption] Scientists have been warning that the world's oceans are becoming steadily more acidic, posing a threat to the oceanic food chain. It is happening ...
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Is the world’s fastest-moving glacier set to speed up even more?

Posted on October 23rd by Tom Yulsman. 16
Greenland's Jakobshavn could be poised to speed up. So could even bigger glaciers farther north — with significant implications for global sea level UPDATE 10/25/10: I've made a correction in this ...
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Mass loss from Greenland ice accelerates

Posted on October 22nd by Tom Yulsman. 5
Konrad Steffen: Greenland's contribution to sea level rise is increasing httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7_pkWVjRXU&feature=related In this astonishing video, Jason Amundson captures the calving of a gargantuan iceberg from the face of the Jakobshavn Glacier ...
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Another big chunk of Arctic ice breaks loose

Posted on August 31st by Tom Yulsman.
This one has apparently broken free from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island in Canada. It's about the size of Bermuda — much smaller the gargantuan chunk of ice ...
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Remote Arctic lake tells of unprecedented environmental change

Posted on November 5th by Tom Yulsman. 9
Study suggests changes at remote Arctic lake likely the result of human-caused climate change [caption id="attachment_2248" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Yarrow Axford"][/caption] I've been meaning to write a post about this one for ...