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    UN Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat Discusses Ocean Acidification

    04.03.2010

    The world’s oceans are a natural sink for carbon dioxide, both organically and inorganically.

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    Robert Bindschadler on West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier

    06.01.2010

    Robert Bindschadler is a leading expert in the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets. He is Chief Scientist of NASA's Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, a Senior Fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center, a Fellow at the American Geophysical Union, and a past President of the International Glaciological Society.…

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    CHINARE 26

    08.12.2009

    Following its coverage of the 25th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 25), SciencePoles caught up with Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), to hear about the goals of the 26th CHINARE expedition and China's future polar research plans, including the construction of a new research ice breaker.

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    The Arctic LTER Project: John Hobbie Discusses Arctic Tundra Ecosystem Research

    26.11.2009

    Since the mid-1970s, Dr. John Hobbie from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has been travelling up to Alaska during the summer months to look at Arctic tundra and freshwater ecosystems near Toolik Lake in Alaska's North Slope region. Noticeable changes have occurred over the past 30 years…

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    DAMOCLES Scientists Convene in Brussels

    17.11.2009

    From the 10th to the 12th of November 2009, the DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) project held a symposium in Brussels, Belgium. The symposium gathered more than 150 scientists involved in the EU-funded research project so they could debate and discuss the results of…

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