• His 20-minute speech outlining American policy on the Far North touted the region's 'opportunity and abundance' for all, going on to make the somewhat confusing claim that the Arctic houses 13 per cent of the world's 'undiscovered' oil, and 30 per cent of its yet-to-be found natural gas . (cbc.ca)
  • He writes: Over the past 15 years, a quiet race has been underway among the world's superpowers to gain control over the Arctic, with the United States, Russia and China all vying for dominance in a region with enormous strategic and economic value. (kalw.org)
  • We need to persuade global financial leaders that the North American Arctic is the world's safest emerging market, with potentially high growth rates, strong rule of law and low currency risk. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra: World's Coldest Ultra Marathon? (revelsports.com)
  • Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra: The World's Coldest Ultramarathon? (revelsports.com)
  • Along with the " world's coldest and toughest ultra, " these words have been used to describe the Montane Yukon Ultra Race over the years. (revelsports.com)
  • The case from 2 April 2020 at 12 UTC is a good example of an Arctic front at the leading side of a polar cold air outbreak. (eumetrain.org)
  • The overall objective of this thesis was to examine two critical gaps in our knowledge about tundra cold season processes - ecosystem respiration at very low temperatures and water uptake during the winter-spring transition. (fiu.edu)
  • Ice-wedge formation causes the archetypal polygonal patterns seen in tundra across the Arctic landscape. (nature.com)
  • Andresen, C. G. & Lougheed, V. L. Disappearing Arctic tundra ponds: Fine-scale analysis of surface hydrology in drained thaw lake basins over a 65 year period (1948-2013). (nature.com)
  • Grazing musk oxen are a characteristic feature of the Arctic tundra. (lu.se)
  • Julie Maria Falk and Lena Ström from the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University have done just that in their research in Greenland, on the Arctic tundra where the musk oxen live and graze. (lu.se)
  • Bryophytes are important components of many kinds of vegetation, especially in moist or cold biomes, such as arctic tundra, alpine heaths, boreal forest, various types of wetlands, mountain cloud forest and tropical rainforest. (lu.se)
  • Even though 2018 is now under way, the cold isn't gone-and an explosively intensifying storm along the Gulf Stream will double down on the misery for millions along and near the East Coast. (wunderground.com)
  • Gypsum Hill Spring, located in Nunavut in the Canadian High Arctic, is a rare example of a cold saline spring arising through thick permafrost. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The cold saline springs on Axel Heiberg Island (AHI), located in the High Arctic in Nunavut, Canada, are rare examples of non-volcanic perennial springs discharging in an area of continuous permafrost. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Figure 2: Thawing permafrost and ice-wedge tops, Isachsen, Canadian High Arctic. (nature.com)
  • The shared traumas stem from the collapse of the seal skin market and forced relocations into the High Arctic, which have complicated the previous way of being. (lu.se)
  • European Union scientists said on Friday that if the exceptionally cold temperatures continue, and the persistent polar clouds - which alter the chemistry of the ozone layer - remain, then large ozone losses will be likely when spring sunlight returns in the coming weeks. (newscientist.com)
  • The air in the centre of the vortex can become extremely cold as it is isolated from the rest of the atmosphere and there is no sunlight in the dark polar winter to warm it. (newscientist.com)
  • The first signs of Arctic ozone loss have already been seen 20 km above the Earth, says Markus Rex at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, a coordinator on the project. (newscientist.com)
  • Last week, a Pentagon report warned that China might use its own growing fleet of icebreakers and polar research stations as a pretext for Arctic military adventures, potentially deploying nuclear-armed submarines. (cbc.ca)
  • It is a reliable occurrence now: every time we have a cold event here in the United States, two public conversations begin, both of which deploy the term "polar vortex. (columbia.edu)
  • Those who are suspicious of the reality of climate change and persist in calling it "global warming" argue that these polar vortex-driven cold events are evidence the warming is fake news. (columbia.edu)
  • This reduces the strength of the jet stream that encircles the basin and allows polar air to break out of the Arctic basin and descend on Eurasia and the North Atlantic. (columbia.edu)
  • Day 1 of the Polar Symposium: The Cold is getting Hot has started in Monaco. (uarctic.org)
  • Understanding the processes that affect the abundance of climate-relevant gases in the Arctic polar upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) is crucial for a reliable estimation of their current and future impact on the radiation budget and thus on global climate. (copernicus.org)
  • The crew were inexperienced in the polar regions with only very few having been to the Arctic previously, though Franklin had and Crozier the captain of the Terror had returned two years previously from the Antarctic where he had also been captain of the same ship in James Clark Ross's four year long expedition. (coolantarctica.com)
  • Moreover, the following conceptual models may look like Arctic Cold Fronts: polar Cold Front, Polar Low and Comma. (eumetrain.org)
  • Such a polar outbreak is a very important condition for an Arctic cold front, so isolines of equivalent potential temperature (Theta E) at 850 hPa are superimposed as blue lines. (eumetrain.org)
  • So, if the Polar Vortex is here in the Twin Cities (plus or minus some 1,500 miles or so), what is going on in the Arctic? (scienceblogs.com)
  • A curious polar bear approaches the RV Lance in the Arctic Sea. (abc.net.au)
  • She was working for the Norwegian Polar Institute when it mounted an expedition in 2015 to the Arctic Sea. (abc.net.au)
  • According to a new study , Arctic Siberia was 4°C warmer than it is today from 15,000 to 11,000 years ago, when CO2 was ~240 ppm. (notrickszone.com)
  • The ocean under the Arctic ice is cold, but still warmer than the ice! (louisville.edu)
  • Employers should try to schedule maintenance and repair jobs in cold areas for warmer months. (cdc.gov)
  • People who live in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions face challenges not usually faced by residents of warmer, more southern environments (1). (cdc.gov)
  • A warmer climate has a major impact on the Arctic ecosystem. (lu.se)
  • Vladimir Putin has made the development of Russia's Arctic one of his goals, announcing plans for a major railway expansion and aiming to increase Northern Sea route shipping by 73 million tonnes a year by 2024 . (cbc.ca)
  • This project addresses Russia's Arctic policy provisions compared with other states. (nupi.no)
  • Is Russia's Arctic policy developing in a more confrontational direction? (nupi.no)
  • Temperatures in the Arctic ozone layer are now the coldest for 50 years and have been consistently low for two months. (newscientist.com)
  • A decade ago, more than 5,000 people lived in this village about 110 kilometres beyond the Arctic Circle in Russia's far north, where winter temperatures drop to -50° Celsius and blizzards sweep down from the North Pole, burying cars and whisking roofs from houses. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Temperatures will begin the day in the upper 20s on Tuesday and will likely hold steady or even fall back slowly through the day as colder air works into West Michigan. (fox17online.com)
  • Cold temperatures are expected to persist through the end of the workweek. (arlingtontx.gov)
  • One Radio Network / Colder Arctic temperatures in the melt season vs. GISS temperatures. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • Colder Arctic temperatures in the melt season vs. GISS temperatures. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • From DMI we learn, that Arctic 80N-90N temperatures in the melt season this year is colder than average. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • This was the case last year too, while earlier years in the DMI analysis period (1958-2010) hardly ever shows Arctic melt season temperatures this cold. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • It seems that average Arctic temperatures 80N - 90N in melt season of the years 2004, 2009 and 2010 are araound 0,4-0,5K whereas the temperatures in 1991 and 1993 where around 1,3 K. In general DMI´s data (if correct) reveals a cooling from the mid 1990´ies till today. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • Im not sure why DMI shows such a cooling trend for the 80N-90N area, but it could appear as if the ice covered areas of the Arctic has its own history of temperatures? (oneradionetwork.com)
  • They are characteristically cold (~ − 1.3-7.2 °C) and hypersaline (7-8% salinity) and maintain stable conditions year-round despite average air temperatures of − 15 °C, reaching down to − 40 °C in the winter [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We all know the Arctic Vortex has been sitting on the middle of North America, and this has caused near zero F temperatures, often as low as -20F, here in central Minnesota. (scienceblogs.com)
  • This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pepin NC, Pike G, Read S, Williams R. The ability of moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer land surface temperatures to simulate cold air drainage and microclimates in complex Arctic terrain. (port.ac.uk)
  • Chilblains are caused by the repeated exposure of skin to temperatures just above freezing to as high as 60°F. The cold exposure causes damage to the groups of small blood vessels in the skin. (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. Army cold regions research and engineering laboratory permafrost tunnel was monitored to investigate these dependencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Another move that could make east-west relations in the Barents Region colder is Moscow's mulling to ban US nuclear arms inspection under the New START treaty. (barentsobserver.com)
  • In its negative phase, westerly winds in the high mid-latitudes are weaker and allow the Arctic cold to penetrate southward. (columbia.edu)
  • At the rear side of an Arctic Front, arctic cold air protrudes southward. (eumetrain.org)
  • Mike Pompeo, the U.S. secretary of state, delivered a bunch of mixed messages at a meeting of the eight-nation Arctic Council that wrapped up in Northern Finland this morning. (cbc.ca)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks on Arctic policy in Rovaniemi, Finland, on Monday at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting. (cbc.ca)
  • Felt the cold last night in Finland? (rcinet.ca)
  • Background: As in northern Finland and Sweden, the Arctic and subarctic environments of Alaska provide a hazardous work setting, exacerbated by great distances, seasonal darkness, very cold waters, high winds, often brief hunting and fishing seasons, and high icing potential. (cdc.gov)
  • The cold season in the Arctic extends over eight to nine months during which ecosystem gas exchange and water balance of arctic plants have been largely unexplored. (fiu.edu)
  • Artist's reconstruction of Ignacius dawsonae surviving six months of winter darkness in the extinct warm temperate ecosystem of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. (popsci.com)
  • The Arctic of years past had a boreal forest ecosystem similar to what is seen in Canada and parts of Russia today. (popsci.com)
  • In other words, that's where the Arctic Vortex has been hanging out. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The simulations showed that diminishing Arctic sea ice induced a significant surface warming in the Arctic Ocean and Greenland/northeastern Canada, and cooling over northern North America, Europe, Siberia and eastern Asia. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Then, in January, China officially included the Arctic region in its massive Belt and Road Initiative, making Northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland eligible for Chinese investment in railways, roads, pipelines and utility grids. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • We will continue to house, feed, and provide care for our personnel currently deployed throughout the Arctic, including Summit Station, Greenland and Barrow and Toolik Lake, Alaska. (cryopolitics.com)
  • Data collection also expanded to include surveillance of other invasive bacterial diseases ( Haemophilus influenzae , Neisseria meningitidis , groups A & B Streptococcus ) in the U.S. Arctic, northern Canada and Greenland. (cdc.gov)
  • The Symposium is being organised by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) as co-conveners, in collaboration with the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation , the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) , and the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable development . (uarctic.org)
  • The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation , Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, and International Arctic Science Committee ( IASC ) in collaboration with the Oceaographic Institute present 'The Cold is Getting Hot! (iasc.info)
  • Environmental change in the Arctic and Antarctic is accelerating, affecting both local biophysical and living things and affecting the broader climate, human and ecological systems far beyond the poles. (iasc.info)
  • Dr. Mark Serreze, Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and a professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, explained in an email, "We depend on satellite data to track what is happening to the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers. (cryopolitics.com)
  • Both the Arctic (North Pole) and the Antarctic (South Pole) are cold because they don't get any direct sunlight. (louisville.edu)
  • I was hangin' with the big boys on the ice road up north on the Haul Road, and I was operating a 25-passenger coach to the Arctic Circle and beyond. (kunr.org)
  • GURA: The turnaround point for the tour was a rest stop about 115 miles up the highway that marked the start of the Arctic Circle. (kunr.org)
  • But as Manriquez drove the last stretch to the Arctic Circle wayside, the wind picked up - a lot. (kunr.org)
  • I roll out the red carpet, and we have our official Arctic Circle crossing in style. (kunr.org)
  • And I'm a little bit stunned because in the area that we were in at the Arctic Circle, I didn't realize how protected it was. (kunr.org)
  • It beat the record from Fort Yukon Alaska for above the arctic circle.June 27, 1915.100 degrees,or 37.8 celsius. (siberiantimes.com)
  • It's called Orbis et Globus (Latin for "Circle and Sphere") and it was placed here to mark the line drawn on the map that defines the Arctic Circle. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Because it turns out that the Arctic Circle will not sit still - which is news to a lot of people. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Across the Arctic, on this same line in spots all around the world, there are fixed signs marking the Arctic Circle, which draw tourists who take pictures, and maybe buy souvenirs. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • And that's the way it was for years on Grímsey Island, too, the only habitable spot in Iceland currently touched by the Arctic Circle. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • One of the signs on Grímsey Island denotes the Arctic Circle, though the circle itself moves from year to year and is currently moving off Grímsey Island entirely. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Hrafnsson's an artist and Christer's an architect, both from Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, and in 2013, they heard about a competition to make a public art piece marking the Arctic Circle on Grímsey. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • I stumbled across a small number [showing that] the Arctic Circle is moving 14 centimeters a year," Hrafnsson says, "and I found this rather strange. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Saemundsson told Hrafnsson and Christer that it was true, that the Arctic Circle is moving. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • As the Earth's axis gets slightly closer to straight up and down, the Arctic Circle shrinks. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • That means the Arctic Circle is moving north, and for Iceland, it means that the circle is slowly slipping away. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • In 2013, the local government decided the simple Arctic Circle marker on Grímsey was due for an upgrade and launched a competition to design a new marker. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The competition noted that the Arctic Circle was in fact moving - 14 centimeters a year, the official notice said. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • At that rate, the Arctic Circle will only touch the island for a few more decades, until 2047. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • They could ignore the science of how the Arctic Circle actually works, and just make another stationary monument in the same old place. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The Arctic Circle hasn't always been so, well, arctic. (popsci.com)
  • Scientists have found new specimens that are the oldest near-primate remains that have been found north of the Arctic Circle to date. (popsci.com)
  • The intense periods of darkness of the Arctic Circle may have triggered both of these species to evolve a surprising trait compared to their other primate relatives: more robust teeth and jaws. (popsci.com)
  • The Canadian Arctic makes up approximately one-quarter of the circumpolar region, yet its economic production accounts for less than 2 per cent of the region's aggregate economy. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In 1999, ICS began as a partnership between Alaska and Canada to share data on reported cases of invasive pneumococcal disease from 23 clinical laboratories in Alaska and 14 clinical laboratories in the northern Canadian Arctic including Yukon, Northwest Territory, Nunavut, northern Quebec, and Labrador. (cdc.gov)
  • Iceland's Prime Minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, said to reporters in Canada this weekend that Russia's actions in Ukraine could cause problems for the most important cooperation arena for the eight Arctic nations, the Arctic Council which Canada currently chair. (barentsobserver.com)
  • The Arctic Council and the Arctic Economic Council have several initiatives aimed at making the Arctic more economically attractive. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The Arctic Council is a ministerial forum promoting cooperation and coordination between Arctic Nations on common Arctic concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • ICS is a project that has been endorsed by the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group. (cdc.gov)
  • Thanks for publishing this article, here in Spain in our current legislation, dating from 1997, already provides for action on the protection of workers in environments where they can suffer from heat stress, either by heat or cold. (cdc.gov)
  • Specialized training in cold preparedness and injury prevention should be considered for all workers and persons conducting subsistence activities in cold environments. (cdc.gov)
  • The first story, told by Sarah Manriquez in 2019, is about a little tour bus and a long, cold road. (kunr.org)
  • V. Konyshev and Sergunin, A. (2019) ' The Changing Role of Military Power in the Arctic ', in Matthias Finger and Lassi Heininen (eds. (nupi.no)
  • A. Sergunin (2019) ' Subnational Tier of Arctic Governance ', in Matthias Finger and Lassi Heininen (eds. (nupi.no)
  • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. (nature.com)
  • It provides a unique opportunity to partner with Arctic nation ministries of health, non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples organizations to address health concerns of circumpolar communities. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we use field and remote sensing observations to document polygon succession due to ice-wedge degradation and trough development in ten Arctic localities over sub-decadal timescales. (nature.com)
  • The cloud band of the Arctic front is in front of a cold air trough with its centre north of Svalbard extending across the Arctic ocean south-westward to about 70 N. (eumetrain.org)
  • The unusual spritz was triggered by a surge of jet-stream energy diving into the cold upper trough that's kept the eastern two-thirds of the nation in the deep freeze for more than a week. (wunderground.com)
  • Put together, Murmansk , Norilsk and Vorkuta , the three biggest Arctic cities in the world - all in Russia - have lost almost a third of inhabitants since 1989. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Russian servicemen guard an area at the Nagurskoye military base on the remote Arctic islands of Franz Josef Land, Russia. (cbc.ca)
  • Russia has been building up its military presence in the Arctic in recent years with 14 new airfields, 16 deep-water ports, the addition of four Arctic combat teams and more than 40 icebreakers. (cbc.ca)
  • NATO military expansion in the Arctic undermines regional security and warrants countermeasures from Russia, according to a senior Foreign Ministry official. (wn.com)
  • Last year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia posed a strategic challenge to the alliance in the Arctic, calling for an expanded military footprint in the region. (wn.com)
  • U.S.-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Cooperation or Competition? (nupi.no)
  • See an overview of NUPI's work on the Arctic and Russia and Eurasia here and here . (nupi.no)
  • The Russia Conference: Cold Peace in the Arctic? (nupi.no)
  • Norway and Russia in the Arctic: New Cold War Contamination? (nupi.no)
  • There was already longstanding unease over Russia's military build-up in the region that has seen the construction of 14 new airfields, 16 deepwater ports, and the addition of four Arctic combat teams and more than 40 icebreakers in recent years. (cbc.ca)
  • Twenty per cent of Russia's GDP, for example, comes from its Arctic region. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Arctic temperature trend 1991 vs 2009 shows warming around 0,3-0,7K which is in contrast with the DMI trends of cooling of around 0,7K for the region. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • It is obviously far too cold for grazing megafauna to survive in this region of the Arctic today, with CO2 at 420 ppm. (notrickszone.com)
  • Arctic Fronts form in the Arctic region, and move southwards. (eumetrain.org)
  • Or will it remain conducive to constructive cooperation with other states in the region, thus preserving the Arctic as a distinct policy field? (nupi.no)
  • This project traces the changing weight of these modes in the Russian debate on the Arctic, as well as how these modes condition Russian policies in and on the region. (nupi.no)
  • Those are temperature anomalies in the Arctic region over the first 30-something days of this year. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Arctic (when referring to region), arctic when referring to cold temperature. (cdc.gov)
  • The planned adjustments are set out to improve the model's capability to capture wintertime phenomena, characteristic to the Arctic region. (lu.se)
  • Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, where her efforts to display the interconnectedness of climate change and human rights, focusing on the Arctic region, were highlighted. (lu.se)
  • If constructed, the railway would likely run from Rovaniemi to Kirkenes on the Arctic Ocean. (yle.fi)
  • Underground excavations in arctic and subarctic regions are subject to significant creep deformation, which are highly temperature and time dependent. (cdc.gov)
  • They may not be Arctic monkeys, but they could offer clues to animals will fare due to climate change. (popsci.com)
  • AM is the fifth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys. (wikipedia.org)
  • Drawing inspiration from a wide range of genres, including psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, desert rock, R&B, and soul, AM notably marks Arctic Monkeys' first venture into a hip hop-influenced sound. (wikipedia.org)
  • Commercially, the album has become one of Arctic Monkeys' most successful to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the 2014 Brit Awards, Arctic Monkeys won British Album of the Year for AM. It was also nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize and received a Best Rock Performance nomination for "Do I Wanna Know? (wikipedia.org)
  • In an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said that the album title was inspired by the Velvet Underground's 1985 compilation album VU: "I actually stole it from the Velvet Underground, I'll just confess that now and get it out of the way. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 4 July 2013, Homme mentioned AM at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic: "I sang on the new Arctic Monkeys record. (wikipedia.org)
  • Last summer, the icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) became China's first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage, travelling from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic through the Arctic Ocean archipelago. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • GISS for example 'covers' the Arctic ocean from land stations. (oneradionetwork.com)
  • The ring-shaped zone of abrupt atmospheric-pressure change that encircles the perimeter of the Arctic Ocean and usually keeps the cold air in is called the Arctic Oscillation (AO). (columbia.edu)
  • GURA: The Haul Road, also known as the Dalton Highway, is the famously rough, remote road that stretches over 400 miles through northern Alaska, all the way up to Deadhorse on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. (kunr.org)
  • I feel so lucky to live by the ocean,not having the extreme summer heat,than extreme winter cold. (siberiantimes.com)
  • The National Snow and Ice Data Center has a nice " Interactive Sea Ice Graph " that you can play with to look at past years' march of ice melting and re-freezing on the surface of the Arctic Ocean. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Oceanographer Amelie Meyer on board the RV Lance in the Arctic Ocean. (abc.net.au)
  • The Arctic is ocean surrounded by land. (louisville.edu)
  • A Finnish-Norwegian working group commissioned to investigate the potential of an Arctic Ocean Railway has found that the project would not be commercially viable. (yle.fi)
  • The team believes that some of the adaptations that Arctic near-primate species took during another period of global warming demonstrates how some animals could evolve new traits-lessons that animals could be undergoing due to climate change today. (popsci.com)
  • The landmark petition argued that the impact of climate change on the Arctic and its people violated their rights to life, health, culture, and the pursuit of happiness. (lu.se)
  • 2022 . Arthropod populations in a sub-arctic environment facing climate change over a half-century: variability but no general trend. (lu.se)
  • The analysis revealed two major factors that could be contributing to the unusually large snowfall in recent winters - changes in atmospheric circulation and changes in atmospheric water vapour content, which are both linked to diminishing Arctic sea ice. (newstrackindia.com)
  • In this research, we successfully detected the signature of Eurasian cold winters excited by sea-ice decline in the Barents-Kara Sea (BKS), by generating a 100-member ensemble of state-of-the-art atmospheric general circulation model simulations driven with realistic sea-ice concentration anomalies. (confex.com)
  • Since the level of Arctic sea ice set a new record low in 2007, significantly above-normal winter snow cover has been seen in large parts of the northern United States, northwestern and central Europe, and northern and central China. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Our study demonstrates that the decrease in Arctic sea ice area is linked to changes in the winter Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation," said Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology. (newstrackindia.com)
  • The researchers analyzed observational data collected between 1979 and 2010 and found that a decrease in autumn Arctic sea ice of 1 million square kilometers - the size of the surface area of Egypt - corresponded to significantly above-normal winter snow cover in large parts of the northern United States, northwestern and central Europe, and northern and central China. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Another simulation incorporated prescribed sea ice loss in autumn and winter based on satellite-derived Arctic sea ice concentrations. (newstrackindia.com)
  • The consistent relationships seen in the model simulations and observational data illustrate that the rapid loss of sea ice in summer and delayed recovery of sea ice in autumn modulates snow cover, winter temperature and the frequency of cold air outbreaks in northern mid-latitudes. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Because of this research, it may be possible to predict when an especially cold winter is coming to northern Europe and Asia. (columbia.edu)
  • Wu and her colleagues also found that while the greatest loss of Arctic sea ice occurs during the late autumn and early winter, the effects on the AO and mid-latitude weather extremes persist through the winter because of the long timescale of the stratospheric processes. (columbia.edu)
  • The latter is associated with especially cold winters in both northwest Europe and the northeastern United States, as well as fierce winter rain storms in the Mediterranean. (columbia.edu)
  • It was so warm back when CO2 was below 200 ppm that horses, rhinos, bison, and mammoths could thrive in the Arctic, grazing on the abundant Siberian Arctic grass year-round, even in winter. (notrickszone.com)
  • The present work introduces a novel dataset of in situ measurements of relevant chlorine species in the lowermost Arctic stratosphere from the aircraft mission POLSTRACC-GW-LCYCLE-SALSA during winter 2015/2016. (copernicus.org)
  • Simply put, everything north of here, to the top of the planet, is the Arctic - the part of the world that falls into at least 24 hours of darkness for at least one day a year, the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The strange thing is that a relatively-warm Arctic winter can act to reinforce the sea ice - it allows small amounts of melt to form in the ice, which drains out the salt in a concentrated brine, leaving behind freshwater ice which is harder to melt. (scienceblogs.com)
  • It was a science mission to the freezing Arctic Sea in the middle of winter so it was always going to be something of a challenge for Australian oceanographer Dr Amelie Meyer. (abc.net.au)
  • To properly understand complex processes like Arctic weather requires masses of data, but there are huge gaps in even basic observations from the Arctic in winter. (abc.net.au)
  • Russia's actions in Ukraine could cause problems for international cooperation in the Arctic, says Iceland's Prime Minister. (barentsobserver.com)
  • We hypothesize three potential and distinct modes of policy-making that may result in different Russian approaches to the Arctic: a "realist mode" centred on security and distribution of power, an "institutionalist mode" centred on preserving cooperation within established institutional regimes, and a "diplomatic management mode" also centred on security interests, but characterized by cautious adjustment of courses of action within different policy and geographical areas. (nupi.no)
  • Diminishing Arctic sea ice can cause changes in atmospheric circulation that lead to a circulation pattern that is different than the "negative phase" of the Arctic Oscillation. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): Shrinking arctic ice could be triggering widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere in recent years, a new study has suggested. (newstrackindia.com)
  • The National Weather Service is advising residents to be prepared for the first arctic intrusion in almost two years across North and Central Texas. (arlingtontx.gov)
  • Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago. (siberiantimes.com)
  • In the last 25,000 years there has been an anti-correlation between rising CO2 and the Siberian Arctic temperature - the opposite of what is claimed by proponents of the anthropogenic global warming narrative. (notrickszone.com)
  • Here, we present observations of cold clouds based on 7 years (2011-2017) of ground-based lidar observations at the Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research (ALOMAR) in Andenes in the Norwegian Arctic. (copernicus.org)
  • there is a part of me that thinks that we may be about to see a few years of Arctic sea ice staying more or less where it is. (scienceblogs.com)
  • One of the warmest years in U.S. history ended with one of the coldest blasts ever recorded east of the Rockies for the week between Christmas and New Year's. (wunderground.com)
  • We then compute multiyear statistics of cold clouds from both platforms with respect to their occurrence, cloud top and base height, cloud top temperature, and thermodynamic phase for the 2011-2017 period. (copernicus.org)
  • Sea smoke" (which forms as very cold air moves over water) rises from Lake Superior as the ship St. Clair comes to harbor on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at Canal Park in Duluth, Minn. The ship arrived during the coldest holiday week (Dec. 25-31) ever recorded in Duluth. (wunderground.com)
  • We find that melting at the tops of ice wedges over recent decades and subsequent decimetre-scale ground subsidence is a widespread Arctic phenomenon. (nature.com)
  • Research has now shown that the animals' grazing of Arctic wetlands helps to suppress the greenhouse effect. (lu.se)
  • Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn't global warming but a freak of nature. (claimsjournal.com)
  • The coup de grâce on the back side of this nor'easter will be a fierce blast of high wind and bitter cold pushing from the Midwest into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. (wunderground.com)
  • The "street names" for mephedrone bath salts are numerous and include ivory snow, vanilla sky, arctic blast, white rush, and white knight. (medscape.com)
  • In this study, scientists from Georgia Tech, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University expanded on previous research by combining observational data and model simulations to explore the link between unusually large snowfall amounts in the Northern Hemisphere in recent winters and diminishing Arctic sea ice. (newstrackindia.com)
  • We think the recent snowy winters could be caused by the retreating Arctic ice altering atmospheric circulation patterns by weakening westerly winds, increasing the amplitude of the jet stream and increasing the amount of moisture in the atmosphere," explained Jiping Liu, a senior research scientist in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Statistical analysis of observation have suggested that these cold Eurasian winters were excited by Arctic sea-ice decline. (confex.com)
  • We will conclude that the observed cold Eurasian winters in the previous decade are attributable to a combination of the natural fluctuation and the response to sea-ice loss, the latter having larger contributions. (confex.com)
  • From the mid-Atlantic to New England, the big threat will be snow, strong winds, and brutal cold. (wunderground.com)
  • Hypothermia, frostbite, trench foot, and chilblains are all illnesses and injuries caused by cold stress. (cdc.gov)
  • For information on hypothermia, frostbite, trenchfoot, and chilblains, including symptoms and first aid, visit the NIOSH topic page on Cold Stress . (cdc.gov)
  • These pattern changes enhance blocking patterns that favor more frequent movement of cold air masses to middle and lower latitudes, leading to increased heavy snowfall in Europe and the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States. (newstrackindia.com)
  • In its so-called positive phase, it forms an effective barrier, keeping Arctic air masses over the Arctic basin. (columbia.edu)
  • The seasonal hole in the Arctic ozone layer could be the worst ever this year if the current cold conditions persist, scientists are warning. (newscientist.com)
  • Their modeling studies have the potential to improve seasonal prediction of mid-latitude cold events over the North Atlantic and Eurasia. (columbia.edu)
  • On average, 8 % of all satellite profiles were identified as single-layer cold clouds with no apparent seasonal differences. (copernicus.org)
  • Arctic governments and Indigenous corporations must recognize they are competing in global markets for resources, transportation and even tourism, so they must meet international cost and investment standards. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • An avid activist and driver for acknowledging Inuit rights, traditional Indigenous knowledge, and agency in decision-making for those living in the Arctic, Sheila has been an activist for over two decades. (lu.se)
  • Given the human and economic costs of very cold weather, this is science with measurable value. (columbia.edu)
  • As the oil and gas industry knows, just a few weeks of adverse weather can end up delaying work for a year or more since the season in which much of the Arctic can be readily and safely accessed is so short. (cryopolitics.com)
  • Make sure to protect the ears, face, hands and feet in extremely cold weather. (cdc.gov)
  • This specification covers the requirements for a one type and size cold weather mask. (cdc.gov)
  • This specification covers the requirements for down-filled, extreme cold weather survival mittens. (cdc.gov)
  • Important features of the Arctic climate such as microscale cold air drainage are thus potentially obscured by land‐cover effects. (port.ac.uk)
  • The cold continues to be a tangible and potentially serious hazard, particularly for military and outdoor workers and Alaska Natives. (cdc.gov)
  • Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-Western relations? (nupi.no)
  • The circulation changes result in more frequent episodes of atmospheric blocking patterns, which lead to increased cold surges and snow over large parts of the northern continents. (newstrackindia.com)
  • In addition to analyzing observational data, the researchers also assessed the impact of the diminishing Arctic sea ice on atmospheric circulation by comparing the results of model simulations run with different sea ice distribution. (newstrackindia.com)
  • Jessica Shadian is director of Arctic 360, a partnership with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Trinity College and the Munk School of Global Affairs. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Then the human grasp on Yor Shor will unclench forever, leaving it to slowly tumble into the Arctic desert. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Wu and De found that it was important to incorporate a significant portion of the stratosphere in their model in order to recreate cold-air outbreaks in response to sea-ice decline. (columbia.edu)
  • Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin named the development of the Arctic, along with the Far East, as the country's strategic priority. (wn.com)
  • The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a network of universities, colleges, research institutes, and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. (uarctic.org)
  • U.S. research in the Arctic, however, is not just done on the ground. (cryopolitics.com)
  • Research ship RV Lance spent six months in the Arctic Sea. (abc.net.au)
  • The Trump administration seems to be blowing hot and cold when it comes to the future of the Arctic, uncertain whether the rapidly melting sea ice is an opportunity or a threat - or if global warming is even behind it . (cbc.ca)
  • The role of clouds in the surface radiation budget is particularly complex in the rapidly changing Arctic. (copernicus.org)
  • The presented study demonstrates the capabilities of long-term cloud observations in the Norwegian Arctic from the ground-based lidar at Andenes. (copernicus.org)
  • Julie Marie Falk and Lena Ström are studying how the vegetation and the feedback of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane are affected in an Arctic with fewer or no grazing animals. (lu.se)
  • Less grazing in the Arctic could be of major significance to the future climate, because it could lead to an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere", says Julie Maria Falk. (lu.se)
  • The Arctic is highly susceptible to the projected climatic changes in the future that could influence carbon cycling at high latitudes. (lu.se)
  • Cold season fluxes: a dynamic soil gas reservoir for CO 2 and CH 4 will be defined to introduce the capability to simulate shoulder period and cold season carbon fluxes. (lu.se)
  • Residents, governments, and public health authorities of all Arctic countries are increasingly concerned about the spread of zoonotic infections as the climate warms, the emergence of antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens, the reemergence of tuberculosis, the entrance of HIV into Arctic communities, the specter of pandemic influenza, and the emergence of new viral pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Amelie Meyer cuts a hole in sea ice in the Arctic. (abc.net.au)
  • The plan for the expedition was made on data from the Old Arctic,' Dr Meyer said this week. (abc.net.au)