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Snow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, Report Says

December 17, 2014

The Arctic continues to warm faster than the rest of the globe, and with greater repercussions, scientists are reporting.

The new findings appear in the Arctic Report Card, first published in 2006 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and updated annually. The report card catalogs the wide-ranging changes caused by the rising temperatures, in large part driven by emissions of greenhouse gases.

Link: Snow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, Report Says

Old ship records to shed light on Arctic ice loss

December 15, 2014

Researchers are looking to the past to gain a clearer picture of what the future holds for ice in the Arctic. A project to analyse and digitize ship logs dating back to the 1850's aims to lengthen the timeline of recorded ice data.

Link: Old ship records to shed light on Arctic ice loss

Mathis Joins CIFAR Fellows

December 10, 2014

We are pleased to announce that ocean acidification expert Jeremy Mathis has accepted an invitation to join the CIFAR Fellows.

Link: Mathis Joins CIFAR Fellows

Burning Questions about Winter Cold

November 10, 2014

Old Man Winter seems to have gone maverick in the Northern Hemisphere over the last few years. Take 2014 as an example. It's on track to be the warmest globally in more than a century of record-keeping, with May, June, August, and September all setting world heat records.

Link: Burning Questions about Winter Cold

Researchers study if Arctic warming behind 'weird weather'

October 03, 2014

NOAA and JISAO scientists are flying the high-tech P-3 aircraft to hunt some secrets of climate change. Thursday morning, a 12-person NOAA crew, plus four climate scientists prepared to set off for Alaska, and a mission to monitor changing ocean and atmospheric conditions.

Link: Researchers study if Arctic warming behind 'weird weather'

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