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British explorers cut short trek to North Pole
(AP) -- British explorers in northern Canada to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice ended their expedition short of reaching the North Pole due to an early summer ice melt, the team said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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A new insight into the decline of the Arctic sea ice cover
The mechanical behavior of the Arctic sea ice cover appears to favor its rapid decline. Scientists from INSU-CNRS, Université J. Fourier and Université de Savoie, France, have analyzed the trajectories of drifting ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules
(AP) -- The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened ...
May 08, 2009 |
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Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
May 08, 2009 |
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Mercury levels in Arctic seals may be linked to global warming
Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming. Their study, a new insight into the ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Seaglider monitors waters from Arctic during record-breaking journey under ice (w/Video)
The University of Washington has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole
Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the Arctic.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise
The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2009 |
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New Arctic satellite data shows Arctic literally on thin ice
The latest data from NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center show the continuation of a decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice extent in the Arctic, including new ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
(PhysOrg.com) -- A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated. New research says the Arctic might lose most of its ice cover in summer in as few ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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British team trek to North Pole to measure sea ice
Three British explorers have set out on a 90-day skiing expedition to the North Pole, measuring sea ice thickness the whole way to find out exactly how fast it is disappearing, according to the Catlin Arctic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Erosion rates double along portion of Alaska's coast
Skyrocketing coastal erosion occurred in Alaska between 2002 and 2007 along a 64 kilometer (40 mile) stretch of the Beaufort Sea, a new study finds. The surge of erosion in recent years, averaging more than double historical ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
Earth's unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census of Marine Life explorers, who were especially surprised to find at least 235 species live in both ...
Biology /
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean
Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
Feb 06, 2009 |
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