Skip to main content

Home/ Environment & Health/ Group items tagged Arctic

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
1More

Arctic climate may be more sensitive to warming than thought, says new study - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...100629131318.htm climate
shared by thinkahol * on 30 Jun 10 - Cached
  • thinkahol * on 30 Jun 10
     
    ScienceDaily (June 29, 2010) - A new study shows the Arctic climate system may be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that current levels of Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide may be high enough to bring about significant, irreversible shifts in Arctic ecosystems.
1More

Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security - 0 views

www.readersupportednews.org/...melt-threatens-global-security Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security
shared by thinkahol * on 16 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • thinkahol * on 16 Sep 11
     
    'It is now virtually certain a child born in 1979 will not reach 50 years of age before the Arctic is ice-free in the summer. That is a rapid change on a planetary scale, with far-reaching consequences that scientists are just beginning to understand.' Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service
1More

Coastal birds carry toxic ocean metals inland - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...100525133224.htm coastal birds toxic metals environment
shared by thinkahol * on 31 May 10 - Cached
  • thinkahol * on 31 May 10
     
    ScienceDaily (May 30, 2010) - A collaborative research team led by Queen's University biologists has found that potent metals like mercury and lead, ingested by Arctic seabirds feeding in the ocean, end up in the sediment of polar ponds.
1 - 4 of 4
Showing 20▼ items per page