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Arctic
The Arctic is a region at the northernmost pole of the Earth. It encompasses the Arctic Ocean and parts of surrounding regions including Alaska, Canada, Finland, and Greenland. The Arctic is almost entirely covered by ice and water.
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AUG 04, 2019Plants & Animals
The Arctic is an unforgiving land of ice and snow, and at first glance, it seems like a desolate place to be. But a smal ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 06, 2019Cancer
As the climate changes and global temperatures rise, will more people get skin cancer? Probably, but the answer is compl ...Written By: Julia TraversAPR 26, 2019Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Global Change Biology brings bad news from the Arctic: spring is here – early. The r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
New concern for the Arctic has popped up following a recent study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The research ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Although the geographic poles of the Earth (the two ends of Earth's rotation axis) remain by-and-large at the same l ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 28, 2019Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2019Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2018Chemistry & Physics
How do fish survive in the Arctic ocean where the temperature is under zero degree Celsius most of the year? They rely o ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
The fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) was recently released from the US government and though it echoes previousl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
The polar jet is an atmospheric circulation that is capable of transporting dust and warm, moist air from subtropics and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission, ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2018Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2018Plants & Animals
Researchers have long recognized the oriental cuckoo as a brood parasite, meaning that it lays its eggs in other birds&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Research coming from a new study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science suggests that that low Arctic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Have you seen the running toll of the heat crisis? Seventy deaths in Quebec from heat; 8 dead from CA wildfires; Pakista ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Arctic is an unforgiving land of ice and snow, and at first glance, it seems like a desolate place to be. But a smal
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
You know things have gotten bad when the Arctic starts burning. Since June, over 100 wildfires have consumed the Arctic,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 06, 2019
Cancer
As the climate changes and global temperatures rise, will more people get skin cancer? Probably, but the answer is compl
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 26, 2019
Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Global Change Biology brings bad news from the Arctic: spring is here – early. The r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at the University of Guelph sheds light on how climate change is impacting food webs in Can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New concern for the Arctic has popped up following a recent study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The research
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Although the geographic poles of the Earth (the two ends of Earth's rotation axis) remain by-and-large at the same l
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 28, 2019
Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2019
Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
How do fish survive in the Arctic ocean where the temperature is under zero degree Celsius most of the year? They rely o
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) was recently released from the US government and though it echoes previousl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The polar jet is an atmospheric circulation that is capable of transporting dust and warm, moist air from subtropics and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2018
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long recognized the oriental cuckoo as a brood parasite, meaning that it lays its eggs in other birds&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Research coming from a new study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science suggests that that low Arctic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Have you seen the running toll of the heat crisis? Seventy deaths in Quebec from heat; 8 dead from CA wildfires; Pakista
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan