polar ice caps Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:44:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Climate Change, Warmer Spring, More Polar Ice Caps Melting https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-warmer-spring-polar-ice-caps-melting-20140404/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-warmer-spring-polar-ice-caps-melting-20140404/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:44:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46847 Previously, climate change scientists had calculated that warmer winters were contributing to fluctuations in the polar ice caps, but a recent discovery may change this perception. Lance Lesack, professor at Simon Fraser University, discovered an unexpected relationship between the ice breakup on the Mackenzie River, and spring and winter temperature variations. In recent years, attributed […]

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