The anticipated melting of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be slowed by two big factors that are largely overlooked in current computer models, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2015
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Beneath the Aurora Borealis an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
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A new study finds that changing climate in the polar regions can affect conditions in the rest of the world far quicker than previously thought.
Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2015
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Mars is a different place than Earth. There is water on Mars, more than the Moon, but lots less than on our own world. But the water on Mars is the same H2O we have here, and we should use it when we travel to Mars and set ...
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2015
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Walrus carcasses were found last week on a northwest Alaska beach, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the deaths appear to be natural.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2015
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An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet's south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2015
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When it comes to coping with climate change in the Arctic region, which is warming at three times the global average, some animals are more equal than others.
Ecology
Sep 1, 2015
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Sea level rise is a natural consequence of the warming of our planet.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2015
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Sea levels are rising around the world, and the latest satellite data suggests that three feet (one meter) or more is unavoidable in the next 100-200 years, NASA scientists said Wednesday.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2015
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Polar bears are unlikely to physiologically compensate for extended food deprivation associated with the ongoing loss of sea ice, according to one-of-its-kind research conducted by University of Wyoming scientists and others, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 16, 2015
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