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New study shows the effects of warming on Antarctic sea life

Sep 2, 2017

A new study by the British Antarctic Survey, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, shows how warming oceans may affect sea life. Researchers dropped heated panels to heat the sea floor off the Anta...

Arctic sea ice could vanish by end of century, even if Paris climate targets are met

West Side Story

Mar 7, 2017

Environment, Science

According to scientists, Arctic sea ice could begin vanishing each summer by the end of the century, even if the world meets its target of keeping temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius or less. The 2015 Pa...

NASA reports that Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels

Charles Omedo

Oct 9, 2014

Innovation

“The planet as a whole is doing what was expected in terms of warming. Sea ice as a whole is decreasing as expected, but just like with global warming, not every location with sea ice will have a downward trend...

Antarctic Sea Ice Level could Exceed Record of 7.7 Million Square Miles

Siddhant Ghatge

Sep 20, 2014

World

Antarctica has set a new sea ice record, which is odd considering the global temperature is rising, though scientists said global warming is likely the reason for the increase. The National Snow and Ice Data Ce...

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