Airborne, space-based sensors will show pollutants' impact on the Arctic.
WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will soon begin the final weeks of a program studying the effect forest fires have on Arctic climate.
... up, NASA aircraft are set to follow the trail of smoke plumes from some of Earth's northernmost forest fires, examining their contribution to arctic pollution and implications for climate change.
... fires may cool the surface for several weeks to months at a time, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how smoke influences the Arctic climate relative to the amount of snow and ice cover.
... attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In a November special issue of the journal Ecology, a group of ...
... level rise can be expected to continue.
A new comprehensive scientific synthesis of past Arctic climates demonstrates for the first time the pervasive nature of Arctic climate amplification.
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He notes that current changes in the recent Arctic climate have affected his field studies ... last few field seasons in the High Arctic have been extraordinarily warm," says Tarduno. "Sometimes students ...
... contemporary erosion rates is important because Arctic climate change is leading to rapid and complex ... arctic sea-ice extent on record and relatively warm ocean temperatures. The authors emphasized ...
... herders are facing the challenges of adapting to climate change as a warmer Arctic climate makes it harder for herds to find food and navigate. To help them adapt, the ESA-backed Polar ...
... see their livelihoods changing. A research project covering all eight Arctic countries adds new methods to Arctic climate research by asking local communities to define the research.
The Arctic campaign PAM-ARCMIP (Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) ended yesterday in Ottawa with the participation of the research aircraft Polar 5. The ...
... in the snowy, polar landscape, the train that once hauled coal out of the mountain serves as a reminder to scientists at the Ny-Aalesund Arctic research station of the origin of the planet's woes.
... or due to human influence. River delta sediments might allow scientists to reconstruct Arctic climate for thousands of years into the past, and possibly confirm this natural baseline.
Finally, these ...
... to use in the development of mitigation efforts with the highest likelihood of benefiting Arctic climate.
"Accelerated warming is unraveling the ecosystems of the Arctic region," says Brooks Yeager, ...
An international research team returned recently from a drilling trip in Siberia, where they retrieved Arctic cores going back further than ever before collected, information they call "of absolutely ...
