In Arctic Ice, Lessons on Effects of Warming
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JAKOBSHAVN GLACIER, Greenland If Manhattan floods, it may start here, on an ice field that stretches in frozen silence to every horizon.
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PARIS, Sept. 15 -- Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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The melting of Greenland's glaciers can slow as rapidly as it can accelerate, making the ice's effect on rising sea levels tough to forecast, a study says.
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WASHINGTON - Arctic sea ice melted to its lowest level ever, continuing a trend spurred by human-caused global warming, scientists said yesterday.
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There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too.
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Global warming (news - web sites) is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens the livelihoods
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Shrinking ice sheets and melting glaciers are making northern seas less salty, researchers say.
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On a cloudy day in  the Chukchi Sea near Alaska's northwestern coast, two marine  biologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Zoological  Institute pulled up a small crab that could be proof the Arctic  is growing warmer.
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The fate of many key Arctic species could be determined by the thinning of sea ice, according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
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IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory -- Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures.
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Scientists say changes in the earth's climate from human influences are occurring particularly intensely in the Arctic region, evidenced by widespread melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures.
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The burning of fossil fuels has contributed to warming in the Arctic that is much faster and more dramatic than scientists previously believed at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the world, a new international report concludes.
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The Arctic is experiencing the effects of human-induced climate change, according to a four-year report commissioned by eight nations with territory in the region.
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As the Arctic heats up sooner than scientists anticipated, animals like the polar bear are losing ground.
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Reports released this week offer evidence of climate change's impact: Plants and animals are dying and showing up in places they shouldn't, the Arctic is heating rapidly and sea levels are rising. By Stephen Leahy.
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Scientists have found that the ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting so rapidly that most of it could be gone by the end of the century. Low-lying lands could be flooded and polar bears could go extinct, among other possibilities.
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The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment has released an alarming report on the impacts of climate change across the Arctic. The ACIA is a multiyear evaluation of the impact of climate change and increased ultraviolet radiation across the Arctic region.