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CO2 may rob Arctic salmon of their sense of smell, new study says

19 December 201819 December 2018 Jackie McKay, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, Coho salmon, environment, fish, NOAA, pollution, silver salmon, University of Washington, Yukon

A new study out of the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Centre shows rising carbon dioxide

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The ice in the central Arctic Ocean thinned 65 percent between 1975 and 2012, a new study shows. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Arctic sea ice ‘thinning dramatically’, study finds

6 March 20159 March 2015 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate, oceans, The Cryosphere, University of Washington

The Arctic sea ice is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought, a new study based

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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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Towns like this in southern Greenland are experiencing the effects of a changing northern climate. Northeastern Canada and neighboring parts of Greenland have warmed about twice as fast as the Arctic as a whole. (iStock)

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Natural forces team up with human-caused warming to bake Greenland/Canadian Arctic:study

12 May 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments climate, global warming, Siberia, University of Washington

A portion of eastern Arctic Canada and neighboring Greenland has baked the past 30 years, heating up at a rate

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