Last Updated: Friday, February 10, 2012, 19:30
Sea levels have already risen on average about 18 centimeters since 1900.
Last Updated: Friday, December 2, 2011, 10:54
Federal officials say the Arctic region has changed dramatically in the past five years — for the worse.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 1, 2011, 19:05
Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in new research.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 11, 2011, 14:45
Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point this week since the start of satellite observations in 1972.
Last Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011, 14:53
Arctic sea ice, which seems fated to melt in response to warming climate, might stabilise or even expand over the next few decades.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 7, 2011, 09:26
Arctic is getting warmer at a fast pace with Russian Arctic sector`s ice areas reducing to "historically low levels".
Last Updated: Friday, August 5, 2011, 08:48
The polar ice cap in the Arctic has melted to near its 2007 record minimum level and in some areas is 50 percent smaller than average, Russia`s environmental monitoring agency said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 12:03
Russian soot may stoke global warming by hastening a thaw of Arctic ice, environmental experts say.
Last Updated: Friday, June 4, 2010, 17:37
Arctic sea ice is at record low in the recent geologic history, a major global study has claimed.
Last Updated: Monday, February 8, 2010, 13:42
In a new report, scientists have determined that the economic impact of losing the Arctic’s climate-cooling services could total a minimum 2.4 trillion dollars by the year 2050.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 14:42
US Geological Survey has warned that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future which may lead to intensified storms and increased winter precipitation.
Last Updated: Friday, October 30, 2009, 11:57
The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.
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