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Multiyear Arctic Ice Is Effectively Gone
Science & Tech  (tags: ClimateChange, environment, ecosystems, oceans, science, environment, science, world )

David
- 18 days ago - reuters.com
The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished. David Barber, Canada's Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba, said the ice was melting at an extraordinarily fast rate.
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Hunting Asteriods By Hovercraft
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, GoodNews, habitat, humans, nature, oceans, protection, environment, humans, interesting, investigation, news, NewTechnology, performance, research, scientists, study, technology, world )

Wolfweeps
- 37 days ago - alaskadispatch.com
According to Wired, two scientists now have the ability to chase down a mystery<a href= "http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/arctich overcraft/">More info: Click here</a>
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Earthquake Hits Aleutian Islands in US: US Geological Survey
Science & Tech  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, habitat, nature, oceans, research, science, weather, world, environment, science, study, technology, safety )

Wolfweeps
- 37 days ago - newsminer.com
SAN FRANCISCO - The US Geological Survey (USGS) has said that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska late Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The quake struck the Fox Islands region at 12.21 pm local tim
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NASA Data: Greenland, Antarctic Ice Melt Worsening
Science & Tech  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, oceans, politics, pollution, protection, research, science )

Wolfweeps
- 56 days ago - newsminer.com
WASHINGTON -- New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode. British scientists for the first time calculated change
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Mercury Found in All Fish Caught in U.S.-Tested Streams
Science & Tech  (tags: u.s., geological, survey, mercury, fish, freshwater, streams, discovery, investigation, science, research, health, habitat, ecosystems, nature, environment, pollution, health, risks, warning, disease, illness, coal, mining, safety, food )

Tom
- 83 days ago - usatoday.com
The U.S. Geological Survey's research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27% of the fish had mercury levels high enough to exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.
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Woman Captures Video of Weather Oddity Rarely Seen in Alaska
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, ecosystems, environment, goodnews, greenhousegases, habitat, humans, nature, oceans, science, water, world, interesting, news, science )

Wolfweeps
- 106 days ago - adn.com
Dorothy Ivanoff had just lifted off from the Eskimo village of Koyuk in a small plane Saturday when the pilot spotted a weather phenomenon that's common in the Florida Keys but nearly unheard of in Alaska. It's called a waterspout and it looks like a mini
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Union of Concerned Scientists - Action Alert Center
Science & Tech  (tags: UCS, union of concerned scientists, take-action, activists, news, world, science, research, scientists, tech, technology, rainforests, climate change, energy, crisis, food, water, global warming, climate, destruction, ecosystems, environment, forests )

SirRobert
- 208 days ago - ucsusa.org
Are you a scientist? Even if 'not', you can Take Action with those who are! World scientific leaders are seriously concerned and intervening in the Global: Climate, Energy, Food, Water, Rainforest Crises & more! Become a UCS activist today - Save Lives!
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Video: How Clouds Cloud Climate Change   video
Science & Tech  (tags: clouds, climate, atmosphere, meteorology, weather, study, video, reuters, netherlands, environment, science, tech, technology, research, world, news, scientists, ClimateChange, climate-change, ecosystems, energy, globalwarming, nature, interesting )

SirRobert
- 227 days ago - reuters.com
Reuters / Video: Meteorologists in the Netherlands who have set up a virtual 'cloud laboratory' to study cloud behavior, say understanding clouds is key to predicting how world climate patterns will change.
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Criminalize Organic Farming? EXCUSE ME?! BILLS: HR 875 and S 425   video
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, ecosystems, humans, protection, pollution, nature, congress, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, government, ethics, dishonesty, politics, babies, cancer, children, disease, drugs, environment, family, food, healthcare, medicine, prevention )

Katia
- 250 days ago - youtube.com
PLEASE contact your representatives and Senators about this! This is being pushed by the drug companies.. No more ORGANIC food - pesticides required! Insecticides KILL OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS, ALLOWING us to be sick more often.. Take Action!
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Australian Polar Research at the Close of the International Polar Year
Science & Tech  (tags: study, investigation, environment, scientists, CO2emissions, climate-change, wildlife, whaling, goodnews, ecosystems, climate, animals, interesting, discovery )

Michael
- 251 days ago - aad.gov.au
» Antarctic subglacial mountain range the size of the Alps mapped » $1.5 million boost for whale research » News archive
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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
Science & Tech  (tags: World, goodnews, humanrights, society, ClimateChange, animals, CO2emissions, endangered, environment, globalwarming, oceans, pollution, wildlife, nature, habitat, energy, technology, SustainableDevelopment, investing, farming, energy, Entrepreneurs, greenb )

Monica
- 263 days ago - whiteband.org
.is a growing alliance of trade unions, community groups, faith groups, women and youth organisations, NGOs and other campaigners working together across more than 100 national platforms..
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Poverty and Climate Change
Science & Tech  (tags: World, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, destruction, endangered, ecosystems, forests, green, humans, politics, protection, science, water, weather, wildlife, children, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humans, interesting, society )

Monica
- 264 days ago - whiteband.org
GCAP believes that climate change represents one of the greatest threats to people and the planet and must be tackled with urgency.
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Study: 'Astonishing Richness' In Polar Ocean Species
Science & Tech  (tags: oceans, polar oceans, marine life, census, research, science, tech, world, news, ecosystems, arctic, antarctic, species, scientists, biology, study, marine biology, classification, environment, discovery, ice age, habitat, nature, interesting )

SirRobert
- 277 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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Fish Migrating To Cooler Waters Due To Climate Change, Study Says
Science & Tech  (tags: oceans, fish, climate change, global warming, environment, world, news, science, research, tech, technology, study, earth, biology, ecosystems, climate, endangered, habitat, nature, humans, weather, fisheries, interesting, investigation, scientists )

SirRobert
- 280 days ago - cnn.com
Climate change will cause key species of fish to migrate toward the poles in search of cooler waters, badly depleting many commercial fisheries - scientists said in a published study on Thursday.
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Current Mass Extinction Spurs Major Study Of Which Plants To Save
Science & Tech  (tags: sixth mass extinction, holocene extinction, ucsb, extinction, plants, animals, biodiversity crisis, study, science, scientists, earth, research, tech, climate change, global warming, history, geology, endangered species, ecosystems, biology, humans, world )

SirRobert
- 287 days ago - ia.ucsb.edu
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB): The Earth is currently in the midst of a sixth mass extinction of plants and animals, with an estimated nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say.
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