Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska's northwest coast.
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Can social media networks reduce political polarization on climate change?
Social media networks, which often foster partisan antagonism, may also offer a solution to reducing political polarization, according to new findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2018
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Earth risks tipping into 'hothouse' state: study
The planet urgently needs to transition to a green economy because fossil fuel pollution risks pushing the Earth into a lasting and dangerous "hothouse" state, researchers warned on Monday.
Environment
Aug 6, 2018
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Quota raised for subsistence hunting of Chukchi polar bears
Polar bear hunters in remote villages on the coast of the Chukchi Sea will have higher harvest quotas next year, a sign of the health of the region's bear population.
Ecology
Aug 3, 2018
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State of the Polar Oceans 2018 published
In a new report published this week scientists from leading UK and Norwegian research institutions highlights the urgency to further investigate the least understood regions on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2018
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Traditional knowledge sheds light on changing East Greenland climate and polar bear hunt
Inuit polar bear subsistence hunters from two East Greenland regions, Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit, report changes to their hunting patterns as well as polar bear distribution and behavior due to decreasing sea ice and the ...
Ecology
May 15, 2018
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Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites
Radar satellites supply the data used to map sea level and ocean currents. However, up until now, the radar has been ineffective in regions where the oceans are covered by ice. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2018
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Alarming projections for polar ice sheets
Drawing on international research, Professor Tim Naish from Victoria University of Wellington's Antarctic Research Centre took the second Pacific Climate Change Conference, co-hosted by Victoria and the Secretariat of the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2018
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Polar vortex defies climate change in the Southeast
Overwhelming scientific evidence has demonstrated that our planet is getting warmer due to climate change, yet parts of the eastern U.S. are actually getting cooler. According to a Dartmouth-led study in Geophysical Research ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2018
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NASA's longest running survey of ice shattered records in 2017
Last year was a record-breaking one for Operation IceBridge, NASA's aerial survey of the state of polar ice. For the first time in its nine-year history, the mission, which aims to close the gap between two NASA satellite ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2018
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