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After decades of Arctic sea ice getting faster and more hazardous for transport, models suggest a dramatic reversal is coming, York U study finds

After decades of Arctic sea ice getting faster and more hazardous for transport, models suggest a dramatic reversal is coming, York U study finds

Will ice floating in the Arctic Ocean move faster or slower over the coming decades? The answer to this question will tell us whether marine transportation can be expected to get more or less hazardous. It might also have important implications for the rate of ice cover loss, which is hugely consequential for Northern Indigenous communities, ecosystems, and the global climate system.

Life on MARS: York U team heads North to look for clues to Martian mystery

Life on MARS: York U team heads North to look for clues to Martian mystery

Researcher available for interviews for first time from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where conditions mimic those on red planet ­TORONTO, July 13, 2023 - A York University astrobiologist and her team have arrived by chartered plane on MARS – an arctic research station situated on a polar desert island in Nunavut where they will study […]