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Warm Arctic sets record for summer sea ice melt

...away from the poles, scientists say.The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that the extent of Arctic...We're not going back."___Online:National Snow and Ice Data Center: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-27/warm-arctic-sets-record-summer-sea-ice-
State
Arctic ice shrinks to all-time low; half 1980 size

...18 percent smaller than the previous record of 1.61 million square miles set in 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. Records go back to 1979 based on satellite tracking."On top of that, we're smashing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-09-20/arctic-ice-shrinks-all-time-low-half-19
State
Global warming means more Antarctic ice

...is with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.Many experts agree. Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado adds: "It sounds counterintuitive, but the Antarctic is part of the warming as well."And...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-11/global-warming-means-more-antarctic-ice
State
Ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty

...estimated to be twice as intense as elsewhere on the planet. Latest evidence from the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center suggests that the Arctic ice cover has shrunk to 1.58 million square miles, the smallest it's been since...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-11-08/ratify-law-sea-treaty
Opinion
Long-distance swims associated with loss of sea ice may cause problems for Alaska polar bears

...Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in 2008 for listing polar bears as a threatened species. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, the summer low for sea ice, measured each September, averaged 2.7 million...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-20/long-distance-swims-associated-loss-sea
State
Arctic ice melts to second-lowest level in recorded history

...Administration. "It's a long-term change in Arctic climate."The new measurements were taken by the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. It reported that the amount of ice covering the Arctic hit its lowest point late last...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-16/arctic-ice-melts-second-lowest-level-re
State
Arctic nation: Contender or pretender?

On Sept. 15, the National Snow and Ice Data Center released data suggesting that 2011 was the second lowest Arctic Ocean ice extend year on record since 1979. Without question...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-10-03/arctic-nation-contender-or-pretender
Opinion
Beedle and Klepetar wed

...High School, Montana State University and the University of Colorado. He is a research assistant for the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The maid of honor was Lauren Weliczka. The bridesmaids were Camellia Koleyni and Jennifer Molinar. The...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081106/nei_20060811005.shtml
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Scientists: It's not too late yet for polar bears

...but it does show that a tipping point isn't inevitable," said Walt Meier, a senior scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. But that all hinges on reducing greenhouse gas emissions - carbon dioxide and other pollution...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121610/sta_757473019.shtml
News
Deadline nears for decision on walrus listing

...foreseeable future," the commission said in a letter to Rowand Gould, acting USFWS director. Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center have tracked a steady decline in sea ice in recent decades and say summer sea ice could disappear by 2030...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012511/sta_775814641.shtml
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