LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-28T11:13:02Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:028A5D5C-612E-4AEA-8F53-98BDDD1AA4BCMore 'losers' than 'winners' predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals2017-09-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Southern Oceans</h3><p>September 4, 2017</p><p>A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more 'losers' than 'winners' over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are published in the journal Nature Climate Change this week.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/FD81368A-73E1-4E64-9357-E5C2E5599AFE'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/028A5D5C-612E-4AEA-8F53-98BDDD1AA4BC'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:0EA077FB-2B37-4A58-9AFB-17D1809510C4Sudden stratospheric warming linked to open water in polar ice pack2018-02-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Wandel Sea</h3><p>February 25, 2018</p><p>In the depths of the long night that cloaks the Arctic in frigid darkness for three months each winter, a surprising patch of open water appeared, just to the north of Greenland.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/map/locationtile/0EA077FB-2B37-4A58-9AFB-17D1809510C4'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/0EA077FB-2B37-4A58-9AFB-17D1809510C4'>Read more...</a></p></div>84.3553802731716 -33.5289001464844uuid:4BDDFD5C-7957-4060-AE8B-F1366C8164CDRising sea levels could kill off 500-year-old trees in New Jersey forest2019-01-28T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bear Swamp, Cedarville, New Jersey, United States</h3><p>January 28, 2019</p><p>Dark water formed an eddy around Steve Eisenhauer's boots as they sank into the muck at the base of a 90-foot black gum tree so old, its roots were deep in this ground when the Pilgrims landed.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/73DC2A3E-5D31-4A65-A499-B000669A8E2C'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4BDDFD5C-7957-4060-AE8B-F1366C8164CD'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.297908062966 -75.1552391052246uuid:E8BFD9F6-C2D1-4853-8755-9FB610967DE1Day of reckoning for marine invaders2017-09-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>United Kingdom</h3><p>September 1, 2017</p><p>For centuries, marine species have moved around either by hitching ride on the hulls of ships or as stowaways in ballast water. In many instances, species have been deliberately introduced for aquaculture or other commercial purposes.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/9C778AFE-3C77-4669-8961-D798965064AB'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/E8BFD9F6-C2D1-4853-8755-9FB610967DE1'>Read more...</a></p></div>54.97328 -1.61396uuid:76CD3C0E-DAEF-4697-9C2A-9BC9937C749AAlaska's newest lakes are belching methane2022-09-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fairbanks, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 22, 2022</p><p>Permafrost is ground that stays frozen year round; the permafrost in interior Alaska also has massive wedges of actual ice locked within the frozen ground. When that ice melts, the ground surface collapses and forms a sinkhole that can fill with water. Thus, a thermokarst lake is born. At first glance, Big Trail looks like any lake. But look closer and there's something disturbing the surface: bubbles.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2A675815-D29D-4058-8E76-FF891EA6A62E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/76CD3C0E-DAEF-4697-9C2A-9BC9937C749A'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.83778 -147.71639uuid:CF20CDDF-200A-4F34-8FE4-03C0B69A84CBDie-off of fur seal pups attributed to mites, pneumonia and changing sea temperatures2018-03-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Quellón, Los Lagos, Chile</h3><p>March 13, 2018</p><p>Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers uncovered several key factors contributing to a die-off of South American fur seal pups, including mites, pneumonia and sea surface temperature. The findings, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, help scientists better understand the link between environmental factors and health.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/F50F3FCF-6672-4490-B32D-ECC8B764243C'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/CF20CDDF-200A-4F34-8FE4-03C0B69A84CB'>Read more...</a></p></div>-43.1 -73.6uuid:D2A51E3D-A7F7-4F1E-B5E5-E6C7D3B457D2Rise in reindeer deaths in the Arctic linked with loss of sea ice and extreme weather2016-11-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ямало-Ненецкий АО, Russia</h3><p>November 16, 2016</p><p>Two extreme weather events in 2006 and 2013 caused mass starvation among the reindeer herds, and researchers for the first time have linked these extreme weather events in the coastal mainland in northwest Russia with sea ice loss in the adjoining Barents and Kara seas. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/CF9378D0-F1DB-4F7D-BF10-ADF9E0C2179A'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/D2A51E3D-A7F7-4F1E-B5E5-E6C7D3B457D2'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.895755 69.718277uuid:4C393741-5515-42E1-AD6C-B0B391BB94DFStudy reveals startling new evidence of effects of climate change in the Arctic2018-03-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Lake Hazen</h3><p>March 29, 2018</p><p>New research led by U of T Mississauga geographer Igor Lehnherr provides startling evidence that remote areas in Canada's Arctic region—once thought to be beyond the reach of human impact—are responding rapidly to warming global temperatures.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8E496700-E821-49A7-91A2-D17B4561E7FB'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4C393741-5515-42E1-AD6C-B0B391BB94DF'>Read more...</a></p></div>81.7531828664209 -71.839599609375uuid:750BBE4E-4513-4719-92C4-38B9B0D77941Glacier mass loss passes the point of no return, researchers report2018-03-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>March 20, 2018</p><p>Researchers from the Universities of Bremen and Innsbruck have shown in a recent study that the further melting of glaciers cannot be prevented in the current century—even if all emissions were curtailed. However, due to the slow reaction of glaciers to climate change, human activity will have a massive impact beyond the 21st century. In the long run, 500 meters by car with a mid-range vehicle will cost one kilogram of glacier ice. The study has now been published in Nature Climate Change.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/FC464077-9F46-41F6-8B5D-6F7792331F25'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/750BBE4E-4513-4719-92C4-38B9B0D77941'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:27F1E921-52D6-44D7-81D2-1F2E72CA2D7DHot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 40 and 30 degrees Celsius above normal2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/741076F8-6598-45D1-94DF-32D660EA6E3A'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/27F1E921-52D6-44D7-81D2-1F2E72CA2D7D'>Read more...</a></p></div>77.6928703364193 -151.171875uuid:05FF718C-5356-47AB-8D76-195510813821Unexpected fish and squid found in the Central Arctic Ocean2024-03-28T11:13:02ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish including Atlantic cod and squid in deep water in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/71577F0A-E5C6-488E-9C3A-31C4A289E326'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/05FF718C-5356-47AB-8D76-195510813821'>Read more...</a></p></div>