'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought
The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the ...
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Here’s Where the Arctic’s Wildlife Will Make Its Last Stand
Actually it’s a jostling mass of ice floes that, propelled by winds and currents, drift from one side of the Arctic to the other in journeys lasting years. “People don’t understand the ...
Wall Street Journal7mon
Exclusive: Inside the Radical Plan to Save the Arctic by Refreezing It
Deep in the Arctic scientists are experimenting with refreezing techniques in a bid to solve one of mankind’s biggest challenges: stopping the melt of sea ice and saving the planet. Photo: Wall ...
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Explainer: Key things to know about the Arctic, from global warming to its importance in the world
The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, unlike the Antarctic at the other end of the world ... At the height of winter, the ice forms to cover 14 million square kilometres of ocean.
THE WEEK4mon
The plan to refreeze Arctic ice
Each decade around 13% of the ice ... Arctic with a thin layer of glass beads" which could "boost surface reflectivity and create more ice" and start a "cooling feedback loop", said The Guardian ...
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Arctic could be ice-free by 2027, study says
Science Desk, Dec 3 (EFE).- An ice-free Arctic could be a reality by 2027, according to new research that warns of accelerating ice melt in the northernmost ocean. The study, published in the ...