Tag Archives: Arctic
Giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago
New research confirms there really was a giant, flightless bird with a head the size of a horse’s wandering about in the winter twilight of the high Arctic some 53 million years ago. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
New CU study confirms giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago
It’s official: There really was a giant, flightless bird with a head the size of a horse’s wandering about in the winter twilight of the high Arctic some 53 million years ago. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & … Continue reading
Methane emissions in Arctic cold season higher than expected
Eddy covariance flux tower in winter in Atqasuk, Alaska, USA (Global Change Research Group, San Diego State University). The special, on demand, heating of the sonic anemometer developed by Donatella Zona and Walter Oechel allowed extending the flux measurements during … Continue reading
Ancient fossil forest unearthed in Arctic Norway
Ancient fossil forests have beenunearthed in Arctic Norway, thought to be partly responsible for one of the most dramatic shifts in the Earth’s climate in the past 400 million years. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Changes in the Arctic ice and pollution
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-6c67402eb650037dd7f028b44bc867bc.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”Variazioni ghiacci Artico e inquinamento” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-6c67402eb650037dd7f028b44bc867bc.jpg”(ANSAmed) – Rome, January 16 – the hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic and the balance of mercury, a dangerous pollutant to the food chain, are related … Continue reading
The increase in Arctic ice thickness
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-a18dd4dbc59019d9b3495a9c9a24baad.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”Aumentato spessore dei ghiacci in Artico” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-a18dd4dbc59019d9b3495a9c9a24baad.jpg”(ANSAmed) – Rome, December 16 – the volume of ice in the Arctic has increased significantly in the autumn, until it reaches 9,000 cubic meters against 6,000 for … Continue reading
Arctic snow helps ozone killer
(ANSAmed) – Rome, 16 APR – you hide in Arctic snow between ozone killer: bromine released into the atmosphere from melting snow in spring. The research, published in Nature Geoscience, Purdue University. The vast expanses of snow play a very … Continue reading