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Big Break-Up of Arctic Ice on the Beaufort Sea (Video)

Michael van Baker — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:32:21 +0000

On NASA's Global Climate Change page, you can view an astonishing fracturing of sea ice on the Beaufort, covering hundreds of miles. It began in late January and continued through March, 2013. It's not unusual for Arctic ice to fracture -- it's subject to ocean currents and storms that continually grind plates of sea ice together -- but it is startling to see so much of it go at once.

For the Latest Climate Change News, We Go to Pteropods & Guillemots

Michael van Baker — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:50:07 +0000

Pteropods are not cocktail party conversation, usually. They are tiny amuse-bouches of the sea. Many fish, including salmon, eat them, though; if they were to die off, the impact would be significant. Research on their sensitivity to ocean acidification is of sudden interest.

Global Warming as Seen from Cooper Island

Michael van Baker — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Now, he's watching their population crash. Global warming has caused the retreat of even multi-year ice, and the cod that the black guillemots feed on have been retreating with the ice. The open water brought a proliferation of krill that Divoky hoped might keep the cod offshore, but the cod left.