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07 Jul 2021

Arctic sea ice loss causes extreme rainfalls in India, suggests research

Arctic Sea Ice Extent (SIE) has been declining at a rate of about 4.4% per decade in annual mean An increase in mid-latitude extreme weather events is associated with Arctic Amplification induced loss in sea ice

27 Mar 2018

NASA to intensify focus on Earth's frozen regions

NASA will launch two new satellite missions and conduct an array of field research in 2018, the US space agency said on Tuesday.

23 Mar 2017

Arctic, Antarctica sea ice sinks to record low this year

This winter, a combination of warmer-than-average temperatures, winds unfavourable to ice expansion, and a series of storms halted sea ice growth in the Arctic, the scientists said.

21 Mar 2017

Extreme weather continues in 2017, pushing world into 'uncharted territory': Report

While the year 2016 made history, with a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated sea level rise and ocean heat, extreme weather and climate conditions have continued into 2017, pushing the world into "truly uncharted territory", said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

06 Feb 2017

ISRO's SCATSAT-1 data reveals sea ice cover in 2016 is lowest ever recorded

The Ku-band Scatterometer on-board SCATSAT-1 is ISRO’s second space borne scatterometer similar to OSCAT on-board Oceansat-2.

24 Nov 2016

Antarctic has barely changed in size in last 100 years, claim scientists

According to estimates by climate scientists at the University of Reading in London, Antarctic has lost only 14 per cent summer sea ice since the early 1900s.

19 Nov 2016

Sea ice in Arctic and Antarctic at record low, says report

While record low sea ice is nothing new in the Arctic, this was a surprising turn of events for the Antarctic, the report said.

15 Sep 2016

Polar bears losing life-sustaining sea ice: Study

According to scientists, the Arctic is warming at nearly double the global rate as a result of climate change fuelled by mankind's burning of fossil fuels, a process that emits heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

22 Aug 2016

Here's why NASA calls low level of Arctic sea ice the 'new normal' – Watch!

The melt slowed down in June, but scientists say the rate of ice loss picked up again during the first two weeks of August, and is now greater than average for this time of the year.

11 Feb 2016

See pic: NASA releases image of sea ice and cloud streets covering Sea of Okhotsk!

This time, NASA's Aqua satellite has sent in its image of the day, which NASA has dutifully released.

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