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• Arctic Meltwater Ponds Identified as Major Source of Ice-Nucleating Particles Linked to Regional Cloud Formation

  Published: Apr 13, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Research from Colorado State University suggests that biological particles bubbling up from melting sea ice ponds act as essential templates for Arctic cloud development. The study...

• Stanford Study Resolves Decades-Long Mystery of Antarctic Sea Ice Growth and Abrupt 2016 Collapse

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Researchers at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability have identified a "competing effect" between surface freshwater and wind-driven upwelling as the primary driver of Antarc...