Latest Posts
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Paradise lost? The changing Arctic Ocean
Posted: 12th October 2020The Arctic Ocean region is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet.
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Arctic sea ice is being increasingly melted from below by warming Atlantic water
Posted: 18th September 2020In a recent article that Prof Rippeth wrote for the The Conversation, he explains how the science is revealing the change and acceleration of processes taking place in the Arctic Ocean.
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Variability in the Arctic Carbon Cycle
Posted: 14th September 2020GEOMAR scientists study seasonal changes in the Arctic Ocean
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Oceanic heat takes over atmospheric heating in melting back sea ice in the eastern Arctic Ocean
Posted: 21st August 2020New research has shown that the eastern Arctic Ocean has experienced an over two-fold reduction of winter sea ice growth over the last decade due to the growing influence of heat from the ocean’s interior.
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New warning over climate change from Siberian Arctic – BBC News
Posted: 15th July 2020Stark new findings of an international team of scientists led by the UK Met Office has raise profound questions about the future of the earth’s climate.
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Biological clocks keep ticking in the Arctic Ocean
Posted: 15th July 2020Marine biologists studying how climate change affects the Arctic found that despite permanent daylight during the Arctic summer internal biological clocks continue to provide the rhythm of life.
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‘Hidden’ water in the ocean could be key to understanding how creatures feed
Posted: 21st April 2020MYSTERIOUS patches of ‘hidden’ water could help scientists understand how ocean creatures feed. Scottish scientists working with marine robots have measured previously hidden patches of water between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans that could dramatically alter the understanding of how the ocean’s food web forms.
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As the Arctic warms, light pollution may pose a new threat to marine life
Posted: 5th March 2020Thanks to climate change, more humans are able to pass through the Arctic, and they’re making the region’s once black polar night brighter.
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Sian Henley débuts on BBC2’s “Winterwatch”
Posted: 27th January 2020Sian Henley has been invited to take part in BB2’s “Winterwatch”, a nature and environment programme.
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Strathclyde mathematician joins Arctic climate change venture
Posted: 14th August 2019A mathematics researcher at the University of Strathclyde has joined a scientific venture to the Arctic Ocean which is to understand the behaviour of tiny organisms that are key to the food chain.
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Wales can lead the world in fight against climate change
Posted: 18th July 2019More and more higher education institutions globally are declaring a climate emergency. Bangor University and its Students Union have joined the movement.
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Synthetic chemicals in sea ice
Posted: 25th March 2019Jack Garnett and Max Thomas, both postdoctoral researchers in the EISPAC project, have contributed an article to the March edition of “The Cryosphere and ATmospheric CHemistry” (CATCH).