Posts Tagged ‘polar regions’
Climate change consequences poles apart
PENN STATE (US) — Climate change induced warming affects ice and frozen ground at both the North and South poles, but the ramifications differ because of geography and geology. Continue…
Friday, August 12, 2011 14:03 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Dec 17, 2009 15:41 - 10 Comments
Little global warming goes a long way
PRINCETON (US)—The planet’s polar ice sheets are vulnerable to large-scale melting even under moderate global warming scenarios. Such melting would lead to a large and relatively rapid rise in global sea level, submerging many coastal areas. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 14:21 - 4 Comments
Saturn’s oblong orbit linked to Titan’s lakes
CALTECH (US)—The eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet’s largest moon, Titan. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 3, 2009 15:32 - 0 Comments
Dark, balmy Arctic home to ancient mammals
University of Colorado at Boulder researcher Jaelyn Eberle, left, searches for early mammal fossils in the high Arctic with Brendan Postnikoff of the University of Saskatchewan (blue parka) and Joe Kudlack, right, from Banks Island in the Northwest Territories. (Credit: University of Colorado)
