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Environment News tagged with antarctic

Mysterious Warm Periods Found in Antarctic History
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, environment, temperature rise, Antarctic )

Katie
- 7 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
Temperatures in Antarctica during the warm periods between ice ages, called interglacials, may have been higher than previously thought. The findings, reported in Nature today, could help researchers better understand more about how the climate.......
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Ice Retreat Creates New CO2 Store
Environment  (tags: News, Environment, co2, antarctic, Ice )

Katie
- 10 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Retreating ice in Antarctic has allowed tiny aquatic plants to flourish and absorb 3.5 million tonnes of carbon from the ocean and atmosphere annually.
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US Gives Shell Green Light for Offshore Oil Drilling in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: antarctic, oil, drilling, us )

Claudia
- 37 days ago - oceansentry.org
Conservation groups based in Alaska have accused the Obama administration of repeating the mistakes of George Bush after it gave the conditional go-ahead for Shell to begin drilling offshore
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Not Be Losing Ice As Fast As Once Thought
Environment  (tags: global warming, antarctic, ice melting, study )

Katie
- 38 days ago - sciencedaily.com
New ground measurements made by the West Antarctic GPS Network (WAGN) project, composed of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, and The University of Memphis, suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice
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New Shipping Rules Agreed To Protect The Antarctic
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, antarctic, new rules, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 94 days ago - planetsave.com
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has agreed new rules which ban the transportation and use of heavy grade oils by ships in the Antarctic Ocean.
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Plans to Limit Tourism in Antarctic
Environment  (tags: environment, tourism, Antarctic, damage, limits, protection, nature, wildlife, animals )

Cher
- 229 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The number of tourists visiting Antarctica could be restricted under British plans, amid fears that the increase in cruise ships in the area threatens to cause irreparable damage to the continent's pristine environment.
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Large Ice Shelf Expected To Break From Antarctica
Environment  (tags: antarctic, ice-shelf, science, tech, world, environment, news, scientists, research, satellite, climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange, globalwarming, globalwarming, nature, oceans )

SirRobert
- 236 days ago - cnn.com
A large ice shelf is "imminently" close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said Friday.
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VIDEO: Global Warming In Action - Antarctic Shelf Breaking Away!
Environment  (tags: antarctic, ice shelf, man-made, globalwarming, globalwarming, climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, greenhousegases, humans, nature, oceans, research, science, world, weather, news )

SirRobert
- 307 days ago - opposingviews.com
If you are searching for indications that man-made global warming is in progress, then they don't come any more graphic than watching an Antarctic ice shelf vanishing before your very eyes!
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Loss of Antarctic Ice Has Soared By 75 Per Cent in Just 10 Years
Environment  (tags: global warming, antarctic, Climate Change, environment, water )

Gaias Son
- 683 days ago - environment.independent.co.uk
A satellite survey between 1996 and 2006 found that the net loss of ice from Antarctica rose by about 75 per cent as the movement of glaciers towards the sea speeded up. Scientists estimate that that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lost about 132 billion
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Antarctic Ice Cap Melting Faster Than First Thought - USA/World
Environment  (tags: antarctic, icecaps, ice, melting, usa, sea level, climate, ClimateChange, globalwarming, oceans )

Chrissy
- 683 days ago - news.com.au
THE most comprehensive study to date of Antarctica's ice confirms growing concern that the ice cap is melting faster than predicted. The implications are that the global sea level will rise faster than expected, while a huge influx of freshwater into the
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Antarctic Is Losing Ice 'Nearly Twice as Fast as Ten Years Ago'
Environment  (tags: antarctic, ice )

Robyn
- 684 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The rate of annual ice loss in the Antarctic has increased by almost 80 billion tonnes in a decade, a study has found.
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Seals Gather New Ocean Data on Climate Change
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, ecosystems, globalwarming, research, Antarctic )

Glenn
- 844 days ago - technologyreview.com
seals help scientists understand the effects of climate change."It's a win-win situation," says Daniel Costa, an ecologist from the U-Cal. "We're getting amazing data about the ocean's properties and how the animals' feeding habits react to changes...
1 comment
International Whaling History Revisits Alaska
Environment  (tags: IWC, endangered whales, japanesewhaling, antarctic, conservation )

Tony
- 999 days ago - alaskareport.com
Many international news stories have recently pointed out that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will be meeting in Anchorage, Alaska from May 4 to 31, 2007. Of central concern will be the commercial whaling by Japan.
8 comments
Whale Ship Attacks 'Inevitable' - Kaikoura - The Marlborough Express
Environment  (tags: antarctic, endangered, environment, JapaneseWhaling, japanesewhaling, oil, oceans, pollution, seashepherd, water, whales, weather, wildlife )

Sanat
- 1005 days ago - stuff.co.nz
A former Kaikoura marine biologist and author says attacks on a Japanese whaling fleet by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, are long overdue
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Japan Preparing to Go Whale Killing Again?
Environment  (tags: antarctic, endangered, japanesewhaling, oceans, whales, whaling, seashepherd )

Boris
- 1006 days ago - theage.com.au
Glenn Inwood, said today the ship was not leaving the Antarctic, despite mounting pressure from New Zealand and environmentalists for it to quit the area.
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