NASA – Eye on the Arctic

Arctic Canada: Nunavut’s Mars training ground now available on Google Street View

2 April 2019 Walter Strong, CBC News 0 Comments astronauts, Devon Island, Inuit, Mars, NASA, Nunavut, space

The closest anyone on Earth can get to Mars right now may be with a visit to a 23-million-year old

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2018 was the 4th-warmest year on record, NOAA and NASA reveal

7 February 20197 February 2019 Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News 1 Comment climate change, disasters, drought, floods, forest fires, global warming, heat, NASA, NOAA

It was another record warm year for Earth. On Wednesday, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Finnish researcher’s animation shows climate warming at startling speed

3 September 201824 September 2018 Yle News 0 Comments Antti Lipponen, climate change, global warming, NASA

Global climate change is showing no signs of slowing down anywhere in the world, according to special researcher Antti Lipponen

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New Finnish app tests your astronaut skills

5 June 2018 Yle News 0 Comments astronauts, exploration, NASA, Peter Vesterbacka, space, Space Nation, Space Navigator, space tourism, technology, World Tourism Organization

The Finnish startup Space Nation has unveiled a smartphone app — Space Navigator — that it says will help anyone

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Polar sea ice: growth in south, loss in north

20 September 2017 Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Antarctic, NASA, Polar sea ice

Two poles, two extremes Polar sea ice extent in the Arctic has reached its summer minimum for the year according

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Alaska tundra has become a carbon emitter rather than carbon sink, study finds

10 May 201710 May 2017 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments carbon emissions, climate change, NASA, research

The tundra of Alaska and other Arctic regions once soaked up atmospheric carbon and locked it in the frozen ground, reducing

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Ice-Blog: Can environmentalists trump Trump’s climate plans?

2 December 20162 December 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, NASA, research, satellite, Science, sea ice, Trump, USA, Warming

When it comes to the latest data on the state of the Arctic sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet or

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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate

28 November 201628 November 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, ice, media, NASA, polar bears, research, resilience, Science, sea ice, Svalbard, Trump, Warming

Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could

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First half of 2016 breaks heat records, Arctic sea ice reaches lowest levels: NASA

19 July 2016 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic sea ice, climate change, global warming, Goddard, NASA

The first six months of 2016 were the planet’s warmest since meteorologists started keeping records in the late 19th century,

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Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest

8 June 2016 Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, greening, NASA, study

Scientists and residents of Canada’s far north have been noting changes in the Arctic for many years: more plants, more shrubs

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New model predicts flow of Greenland’s glaciers

4 February 20168 February 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 1 Comment Arctic, climate, ice sheet, NASA, Science

Greenland’s glaciers are shedding ice at faster rates, dumping mass into ocean waters and driving up sea levels. But those

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Thinner Arctic ice enabling new phytoplankton blooms

2 September 20144 September 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments algae, Geophysical Research, NASA, oceans

Reduced ice cover is stimulating a new phenomenon in the Arctic — extra blooms of phytoplankton occurring in the fall,

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Snowpack atop Arctic sea ice has dwindled since 1950s, study says

18 August 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Beaufort Sea, Chukchi, climate, NASA, snow, University of Washington

Snow atop Arctic sea ice has thinned dramatically since the mid-20th century, declining by more than a third in the

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Predictions of Arctic summer ice melt come with lots of uncertainty

4 August 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments climate, NASA, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Science

Every year, as Arctic sea ice thins, scatters and melts, scientists ask: How low will it go? While the long-term

Arctic sea ice in 2013. The Arctic isn't nearly as bright and white as it used to be. (NOAA / AP)

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The Arctic from space: Warming, thaw and melt

22 April 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments climate, NASA, oceans

In space, everyone can see the Arctic heating up. That’s the message from NASA scientists in a new study published

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