Science news articles about 'ellesmere island'

This Envisat radar image features the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island (left) in the Canadian Arctic and northwestern Greenland (right) – the world’s largest island.

... (AP) -- A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing ...

The Markham Ice Shelf, a massive 19-square-mile platform of ice, broke away from Ellesmere Island in early August and is adrift in the Arctic Ocean. More than half of ...

... surface/air maximum temperatures up to 3° Celsius above average. The snowmelt and temperature anomalies occurred near Ellesmere Island, where several ice shelf break-ups were ...

... TAHL-ik RO-zay) in 2004, in Devonian-age rock on Ellesmere Island in Canada, more than 700 miles above the Arctic Circle. The creature was a large aquatic predator with a flattened ...

... were banded on their nesting grounds on Bylot Island, north of Baffin Island. "The satellite data showed just ... flew huge distances. One owl went to Ellesmere Island, another flew straight to North ...

... , giant tortoises, snakes and even flying lemurs -- one of the earliest forms of primates -- have been found on Ellesmere Island, said Eberle. The new Geology study also foreshadows the impacts of ...