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Currents, sea ice, glaciers, and the blue engine of Earth’s climate.
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Specialists from Turkmenistan are studying the preservation of Tien Shan glaciers in Issyk-Kul
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) Young specialists from Turkmenistan are participating in an international summer school dedicated to the methodology of data collection for modeling the evolution of glaciation in the inner Tien Shan. The event is taking place from August 3 to 8 in Issyk-Kul. Participants…...
Arctic Melt Season Length Levels Off
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (483+ words) While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010. For decades, Arctic sea ice has been melting earlier in spring and freezing later in fall, extending the melt season…...
A girl who grew up "reading" the ocean by the Florida Keys is now descending into its darkest, most uncharted rooms near Hawaii searching for creatures that have never once seen the light and mapping the abyssal fields thousands of feet deep
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (478+ words) The Florida Keys don’t let you ignore the ocean. It surrounds you, defines the light, shapes the air. For Bella Iannotta Vignette, that proximity became something deliberate — a fascination with the life the water holds and the systems that sustain…...
What’s happening with the ozone hole over Antarctica?
2+ day, 42+ min ago (450+ words) New report puts the spotlight back on the layer that protects Earth from ultraviolet radiation. For years, the ozone hole over Antarctica was one of those stories that raised alarms every time spring arrived in the Southern Hemisphere. Now, a…...
A Cloudy Climate Mystery Over Antarctica Has Scientists Rethinking Their Models
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (359+ words) Researchers compare observations with leading climate models to identify errors and help improve future climate predictions. Some simulations put too many low clouds over the Southern Ocean, yet still underestimate how much heat reaches the surface below. Observations from an…...
National Geographic Studies Tokelau’s Lagoons, Reefs, and Open Ocean in Support of Marine Conservation
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Federal government seeks Inuit company to clean up Nunavut High Arctic weather station
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (290+ words) The Isachsen High Arctic Weather Station, northwest of Grise Fiord, will be decommissioned to avoid contamination damaging human health or the environmental, and the contract will target an Inuit company. A request for proposals limited to the Inuit Firm Registry…...
Greenland and Antarctica Are Losing Ice Faster Than Ever — 11.3 Trillion Tonnes Gone in Decades
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (302+ words) An international team of polar scientists has analysed decades of satellite data on the state of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and reached a troubling conclusion: over the period of observation, these regions have lost roughly 11.3 trillion tonnes of…...
Escambia, Santa Rosa team up for reef-cycling initiative
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (64+ words) Navarre Press Damaged metal signposts are getting a second life as underwater microhabitat for marine life in Northwest Florida. The “reef-cycling” initiative is the result of a collaboration between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. According to Escambia County, the two…...
Maria Mitchell Association hosts talk on buoy-monitoring project updates
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (370+ words) (Sept. 18, 2026) Elizabeth “Betsy” Sherman, the Maria Mitchell Association's senior marine science advisor, will speak about the first three year's of the MMA's buoy-monitoring project in Nantucket Harbor. The free presentation will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 33 Washington…...