News About Ice Ages 18-JUL-08 en-us Fairbanks AL (SPX) Jul 18, 2008 - A 150-meter ice core pulled from the McCall Glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer may offer researchers their first quantitative look at up to two centuries of climate change in the region.]]> ]]> Chicago (AFP) July 17, 2008 - Shrinking sea ice is significantly increasing the rate at which icebergs scour the Antarctic seabed, a study released Thursday has found.]]> Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 - Aircraft flying over Greenland will offer a view of the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and its potential for raising the global sea level, U.S. scientists said.]]> Moscow (UPI) Jul 12, 2008 - Plans were under way to evacuate a team of Russian scientists from their camp on an ice floe in the Arctic after it started melting sooner than expected.]]> ]]> Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2008 - The ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost 100 per cent probability, below that of the year 2005 - the year with the second lowest sea ice extent ever measured. Chances of an equally low value as in the extreme conditions of the year 2007 lie around eight per cent.]]> Buenos Aires (AFP) July 9, 2008 - A natural ice dam in southern Argentina broke open spectacularly on Wednesday -- the first time it has burst in winter, prompting experts to say climate change was the reason.]]> Buenos Aires (AFP) July 8, 2008 - Argentina's military is to take on protecting the environment and interests in Antarctica under a shake-up being proposed by President Cristina Kirchner.]]> ]]> Washington (AFP) June 27, 2008 - There could briefly be no ice at the North Pole this summer, a US scientist said Friday, an event that would mark a new stage in the melting of the Arctic ice sheets due to global warming.]]> Reykjavik (AFP) June 18, 2008 - Icelandic police said Wednesday they had shot and killed a polar bear discovered earlier this week on the island, which is hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the threatened species' natural habitat.]]> Reykjavik (AFP) June 17, 2008 - A polar bear has been discovered on Iceland, which is hundreds of kilometres from the threatened species' natural habitat, a local photographer said Tuesday.]]> ]]> ]]> Paris, France (ESA) Jun 17, 2008 - Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 kmē breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event - the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter.]]> Murmansk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 12, 2008 - A new nuclear icebreaker will be built in Russia by 2015, the head of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday after signing an agreement with the leadership of the northern Murmansk Region.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2008 - The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of rapid sea ice loss, according to a new study. The findings raise concerns about the thawing of permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, and the potential consequences for sensitive ecosystems, human infrastructure, and the release of additional greenhouse gases.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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