Scientists issue urgent warning after discovering major threat in the Arctic: 'We need to protect them'

Scientists issue urgent warning after discovering major threat in the Arctic: 'We need to protect them'

By now, global warming is a common talking point, but what does it tangibly mean for us when temperatures rise and glaciers start to melt? A new study led by the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL) revealed what glacier melt could bring about on our planet by the end of the century. What's happening? EPFL scientists established a link between the microbial ecosystems on glaciers and the nutrients in the water of glacier-fed str…

This Disturbing Arctic Phenomenon Is Rapidly Accelerating Ice Loss — Scientists Sound the Alarm

The Arctic Ocean is undergoing drastic changes, and scientists are raising alarms about the process of atlantification, which is driving the loss of sea ice and altering the region’s climate. According to a study published in Science Advances, atlantification refers to the intrusion of warm, salty Atlantic waters into the Arctic Ocean, a phenomenon that is not only accelerating the melting of sea ice but also impacting the ecological balance in …

Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice. Can science refreeze it? - EnviroLink Network

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter’s day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered pump. It looks unremarkable — a piece of pipe protruding from a metal cylinder — but it holds many hopes for protecting this landscape. Soon, it is sucking up seawater from below and spewing it onto the surface, flooding the area with a thin layer of