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131-140 of 1003 results for Arctic Ice

NOAA's Arctic Action Plan

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: March 4, 2016

acidification are straining coastal community resilience and sound resource stewardship. NOAA's Arctic Action Plan outlines ways for scientists and stakeholders to share their progress regarding this ...

Melting Glaciers, Snow, and Ice

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: October 12, 2016

snowpack, the growth or decline of glaciers, and the timing and quantity of streamflow in the Arctic. * Home. When scientists mapped this glacier in the 1950s, it was white, flat, and hundreds of mete ...

2013 Arctic Report Card: Atmospheric Soot Decreasing Over High Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 9, 2013

carbon, also known as soot, emitted from combustion of fuels and biomass burning, 'darkens' the Arctic's snow and ice, adding to the ongoing surface warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. Since the ...

2014 Arctic Report Card: Visual Highlights

Section: News & Features

Published: December 10, 2014

latest installment of NOAA's Arctic Report Card confirms that Arctic air temperatures are rising at more than twice the rate of the planet as a whole. The amount of ice that survives the summer melt s ...

Arctic Warming Exceeds Global Average

Section: News & Features

Published: December 1, 2011

were up to 3 degrees Celsius above (red) or below (blue) the long-term average (1981-2010). The Arctic's 1.5-degree surface temperature anomaly was larger than the global average anomaly. This differe ...

Global Ice Viewer

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

visuals presented are technically very good and show some interesting events in Greenland, the Arctic, and Antarctica. Learners can assess for themselves the changes taking place in our world. Rich, e ...

Polar bear fortunes vary across the Arctic

Section: News & Features

Published: December 16, 2014

sea ice. The ice serves as their base for hunting, mating, and a place to raise their young. As Arctic sea ice changes, biologists are noticing changes in polar bear populations. The Arctic Report Car ...

Graphing the Extent of Sea Ice in the Arctic and Antarctic

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

on the graph before plotting the data. This will address the misconceptions that the maximum sea ice extent occurs during the coldest month (December) and the minimum sea ice extent occurs during the ...

Permafrost and Arctic Landscapes

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: October 12, 2016

infrastructure by reducing the stability of soils beneath buildings, homes, and roads (see also Arctic Development and Transport). The preceding text is excerpted and abridged from the following sourc ...

Northwest Passage clear of ice again in 2016

Section: News & Features

Published: September 16, 2016

the oft-talked about ship route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Canadian Arctic. Cloudless skies across the Arctic on August 9 provided a clear view of open water conditions across ...