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An Antarctic Ice Shelf Has Disappeared: Scientists
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, arctic, climate-change )

Mamabear
- 250 days ago - reuters.com
One Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, U.S. and British government researchers reported on Friday
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Study: 'Astonishing Richness' In Polar Ocean Species
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SirRobert
- 297 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
A newly released marine census of ocean life has documented 7,500 species in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic, including several hundred that researchers believe to be new to science.
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NASA Data Show Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record
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Ingrid
- 438 days ago - terradaily.com
Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on the 2008 melt season.
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Arctic Sea Ice Still At Risk Despite Cold Winter, NASA Says
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Ingrid
- 631 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on "thin ice" when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region.
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Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, study, Geophysics, Earth and space sciences, animals, Arctic, oxen, caribou, reindeer, satellite, weather )

J.
- 632 days ago - uwnews.org
Currently there's' no way to know exactly where or how often these potentially devastating rain-on-snow events occur,researchers say,but using satellite data to locate them could make up for a scarcity of weather stations in the sparsely populated Arctic.
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'Doomsday Vault' to Protect World's Seeds
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- 654 days ago - news.aol.com
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (Feb. 26) - A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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Ancient Polar Bear Jawbone Found
Science & Tech  (tags: arctic, discovery, scientists, jawbone, animals, ancient polar bear )

Jacquelin
- 729 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
What may be the oldest known remains of a polar bear have been uncovered on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic. The jawbone was pulled from sediments that suggest the specimen is perhaps 110,000 or 130,000 years old. Professor Olafur Ingolfsso
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Global Warming Opens Arctic Seabed to the Search for Oil and Gas
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Ann
- 773 days ago - yellowzeppelin.info
The Arctic is rich in natural resources, including hydrocarbons, and rapid thawing due to global warming could make exploiting those mineral resources feasible relatively soon.
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Arctic Muds Reveal Sea Ice Record
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, research, human, arctic, technique, north west passage )

Cathryne
- 787 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A new technique to track changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team from the University of Plymouth. The scientists are studying sediments from the sea bed in the fabled Northwest Passage. These muds
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Beluga Whale: So Cute But Plummeted
Science & Tech  (tags: arctic, environment, endangered, habitatdestruction, oceans, whales )

Prasad
- 804 days ago - inletkeeper.org
Again as usual, human beings have become a threat to this species known as Cook inlet beluga whale. They are already in the red list,which is much more than critically endangered. When would humans realize they would have to take care of these animals ?
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