Sentences with phrase «changing polar environments»

From the Carsey Institute: Americans» Knowledge of Polar Regions Up, But Not Their Concern Environmental Issues in Polar Regions Are Polarizing DURHAM, N.H. — Americans» knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, according...

By Sreeja VN: Sizzling underwater glacial ice, as it melts into warmer sea water, creates one of the loudest natural marine environments, and the air bubbles that pop during the process could help scientists measure the rate of glacier melt and track fast - changing polar environments.

Not exact matches

Camille Seaman (above) captures the beauty of polar environments, and the sobering reality of climate change, in her photographs.

When most people think about wildlife in a changing climate, they think of polar bears clinging to melting ice, but even species who have adapted to tropical weather are being impacted by the changes to their environment.

Leading Antarctic marine biologist James McClintock gives us an unprecedented first - person account of the dramatic impacts of climate change on the polar environment and its wildlife

Furthermore, it had been proposed that animals and plants in the polar regions would have been more resilient to global climatic changes associated with an asteroid impact as a result of living in environments that were always strongly seasonal.

The ecological impacts of a changing climate are evident, from terrestrial polar regions to tropical marine environments.

Researchers still need icebreaking capability to study global warming's effects on polar environments — and climate change will sharpen this need well beyond scientific missions.

Both of Earth's polar environments host rich webs of plants and animals — and all of these inhabitants face a changing clime.

«The more we study the different components of the environment of the Third Pole, the better we understand climate change and its linkages among Earth's three polar regions,» Yao said.

Improving our understanding of variability and change in the polar marine ecosystem in the face of a rapidly changing environment underpins my current research goals.

A new study finds polar bears in the wild have higher metabolic rates than previously thought, and as climate change alters their environment a...

We analysed responses of the calcifying larvae of sea urchins, an ecologically important group, to ocean change stressors in a synthesis of data from species from tropical to polar environments and from intertidal to subtidal habitats.

They suggest that the fragmentation of the brown bear genetic lines and subsequent hybridization with polar bears were caused by the onset of the Eemian (125 ka), last major warming period, and the «adaptive introgression» that resulted may have helped both polar and grizzly bears survive in their changing environments.

Whether it's our recent weird weather or news stories about threatened polar bears, the environment in general and climate change in particular are suddenly a hot political issue.

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And as a rapidly warming Arctic encourages more ship traffic through Canada's Northwest Passage and along other polar routes, the sooty emissions from passing freighters will significantly accelerate climate change in the region, according to a new Canadian - American study that, for the first time, predicts the potential impact of engine exhaust particles on the Arctic environment.

According to it, CO2 contributes to the melting of polar ice caps, rising sea levels, reduced Arctic ice cover and alarming changes in the environment.

This is the 1st anniversary of Canada providing population estimates and trends independent of the pessimistic prognostications of the IUCN / SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG)-- so let's celebrate the recent triumphs and resilience of polar bears to their ever - changing Arctic environment.

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, polar scientist Mark Serreze talks about the rapid changes he has witnessed over more than three decades of working in the Arctic and the future stability of the region if temperatures continue to climb.

The changes in the sea ice environment, and their consequent effects on polar bears, are demonstrable in parallel fluctuations in the mean ages of polar bears killed each year by Inuit hunters.

In a paper published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society journal we lay out a framework for the response of polar environments to the effects of human - induced changes to the climate.

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We addressed questions on the vulnerability of sea urchin larvae to changes in ocean conditions in species from a range of environments (intertidal / subtidal) and latitudes (tropical to polar).

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Climate change transforms the polar environment faster than it does the rest of the planet, so a decline in the Arctic is evidence of what's to come elsewhere in the world.

As global leaders meet in Bonn for COP23 (6 - 17 November 2017), it's time to celebrate the proven resilience of polar bears to their ever - changing Arctic environment.