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451-460 of 988 results for Arctic Ice

Now You "Sea" Ice, Now You Don't: Penguin communities shift on the Antarctic Peninsula

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

Educator might want to present a map of Antarctica and locate the regions discussed in the activity. In an upper-level ecology course, this could be a case study for an ecology or global change unit. ...

The paradox of lake effect snow: global warming could bring the Great Lakes more of it, at least for a while

Section: News & Features

Published: January 11, 2017

the short term? The amount or severity of lake effect snow across the Great Lakes is tied to how ice-free and warm the lakes are as well as the difference in temperature between the lake and the air ...

Are there positive benefits from global warming?

Section: News & Features

Published: October 29, 2020

from the opening of the Northwest Passage for longer periods of the year due to the loss of Arctic sea ice. However, in the long run, if a "business as usual" approach to emitting heat-trapping gases ...

Climate Change Indicators: U. S. and Global Temperature

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: January 7, 2025

change. The larger collection includes climate change indicators within the oceans, snow and ice, and other ecosystems and the effects on humans and our society. Passed initial science review - exper ...

Climate Change: Global Temperature

Section: News & Features

Published: January 18, 2024

As the map below shows, most land areas have warmed faster than most ocean areas, and the Arctic is warming faster than most other regions. In addition, it's clear that the rate of warming over the pa ...

Polar vortex brings cold here and there, but not everywhere

Section: News & Features

Published: January 10, 2014

connected by undulations of the jet stream, which developed deep kinks after the high-altitude Arctic circulation known as the "polar vortex" wobbled a bit in early January. Check back next week for a ...

How NOAA scientists advanced our knowledge of the planet in 2020

Section: News & Features

Published: May 4, 2021

the most comprehensive database ever assembled of these proxies, which include tree rings, ice cores, fossil pollen, ocean sediments and more. The database tells the story of Earth's temperatures ove ...

Synthesis of the Third National Climate Assessment for the Great Lakes Region

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: November 16, 2018

become more common in the Great Lakes region due to climate change in the coming decades. While ice-cover declines will lengthen the commercial navigation season on the lakes, warmer lake temperature ...

Documenting Glacial Change

Section: Teaching Climate

Published: February 12, 2024

the images are taken in different seasons, which accounts for the different amounts of snow and ice. Reinforce the idea that the pairs of images are taken at the same time of year. Sliders work well. ...

Major flood outburst from Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska not possible without climate change

Section: News & Features

Published: August 14, 2023

out of this mountainous area where Suicide Glacier once was. This bowl now contains leftover ice from when the glacier retreated, ice from calving events of the Mendenhall Glacier, and any additional ...