http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Arctic Ocean) en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 19:39:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/iceland-wary-as-powers-scramble-for-arctic-assets?start=0 As melting ice opens up previously inaccessible areas of the Arctic, powers including China and Russia have started jostling for the region's resources. In Iceland, desire to cash in on the changes is mixed with fear of looming environmental disaster, Al Jazeera finds.<br /> Wed, 15 May 2013 19:39:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/iceland-wary-as-powers-scramble-for-arctic-assets Arctic, Iceland, Russia, Global warming, Climate change, Arctic Ocean, Economy of Iceland, Arctic oil exploration, Al Jazeera English As melting ice opens up previously inaccessible areas of the Arctic, powers including China and Russia have started jostling for the region's resources. In Iceland, desire to cash in on the changes is mixed with fear of looming environmental disaster, Al Jazeera finds. http://news.linktv.org/videos/scientists-discover-rainforest-of-life-under-arctic-sea-ice?start=0 Scientists have made a discovery in the Arctic Ocean as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert: a massive phytoplankton bloom that makes these waters richer in microscopic marine plants than any other ocean region Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:25:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/scientists-discover-rainforest-of-life-under-arctic-sea-ice Arctic Ocean, Phytoplankton, Sea ice, Chukchi Sea, NASA, Marine biology, Climate change, Environment, Futurity Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition investigating the effects of climate change on Arctic waters punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find the massive phytoplankton bloom. It makes these waters richer in microscopic marine plants -- essential to all sea life -- than any other ocean region