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Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight year

March 22, 2017

Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the third straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA.

Last remnant of North American ice sheet on track to vanish

March 20, 2017

A new study on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic shows that the Barnes Ice Cap, the last remnant of the ice sheet that once blanketed much of North America, will disappear in a few hundred years.

Older oil and gas wells at higher risk of causing groundwater contamination

March 1, 2017

Older vertical oil and gas wells are more likely to cause groundwater contamination than newer wells, new 精品SM在线影片 research shows.

Humans have dramatically increased extent, duration of wildfire season

Feb. 27, 2017

Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes over a 21-year period, according to new 精品SM在线影片-led research.

Three research collect data on a snowy Niwot Ridge.

Long-term ecological study to continue at very special site, Niwot Ridge

Feb. 22, 2017

Thanks to a six-year $6.8 million renewal grant, decades-long data collection will continue on Niwot Ridge. It is the only site of its kind on the continent comprising alpine and sub-alpine environments, and 精品SM在线影片 researchers sometimes brave harsh weather conditions to get there.

Collecting spectral reflectance measurements of surface snow with corresponding snow samples in Northern Svalbard

Coal mine dust hastens Arctic snow melt

Feb. 1, 2017

Dust released by an active coal mine in Svalbard, Norway, reduced the spectral reflectance of nearby snow and ice by up to 84 percent, according to new 精品SM在线影片-led research.

black and dead trees at the site of the Hayman fire

Colorado's wildfire-stricken forests showing limited recovery

Jan. 30, 2017

A study of Front Range forests burned by wildfires between 1996 and 2003 shows they are not regenerating as well as expected and large portions may become grasslands or shrub lands in coming years.

a map showing recent snow totals in California's Sierra Nevada range

Recent storms recouped 37 percent of California鈥檚 five-year snow-water deficit

Jan. 27, 2017

The recent 鈥渁tmospheric river鈥� weather pattern that pummeled California with storms from late December to late-January may have recouped 37 percent of the state鈥檚 five-year snow-water deficit.

Rapid trait evolution crucial to species growth, 精品SM在线影片 study finds

Jan. 27, 2017

Rapid evolution at the edges of a given species habitat may play a larger role in population expansions than previously suspected, according to the results of a new 精品SM在线影片-led study.

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精品SM在线影片 team to track methane leaks using lasers

Jan. 26, 2017

A team of 精品SM在线影片 researchers has secured a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Energy to monitor potentially dangerous emissions from natural gas storage facilities across the U.S.

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