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Assessing the Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Extreme Weather

Assessing the Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Extreme Weather

December 10, 2018
Arctic   climate change   Extreme Weather  

Yutian Wu, an atmospheric scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received funding from the Center for Climate and Life to investigate whether the loss of Arctic sea ice promotes severe weather over North America.

Researchers Develop an Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Birdsong in a Warming Arctic

Researchers Develop an Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Birdsong in a Warming Arctic

June 20, 2018
Arctic   climate change  

A new algorithm quickly sifts through hours of field recordings to learn how climate change influences bird migration. The A.I. could help track other wildlife as well.

Climate Change: Some Lessons From the Vikings

Climate Change: Some Lessons From the Vikings

September 27, 2017
Arctic   climate change  

A thousand years ago, powerful Viking chieftans flourished in Norway’s Lofoten Islands. In an environment frequently hovering on the edge of survivability, small shifts in climate or sea level could mean life or death.

State of the Arctic: Longer Melting Seasons, Thinning Sea Ice

State of the Arctic: Longer Melting Seasons, Thinning Sea Ice

December 13, 2016
Arctic   climate change   climate science   Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory  

Marco Tedesco, a glaciologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the lead author of the Arctic Report Card chapter on Greenland, discusses some of the changes he has been seeing in Greenland.

New Project Puts Drones to Work Studying Sea Ice Change

New Project Puts Drones to Work Studying Sea Ice Change

December 12, 2016
Arctic   Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory   sea ice  

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will support research by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists on the changing patterns of Arctic ice and other physical characteristics in Kotzebue Sound and the Chukchi Sea, using a combination of remote sensing technologies and indigenous knowledge.

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