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  • Widely Distributed Debris in Antarctica Points to Airburst Event Long Ago

    04.03.2010

    The results of new research presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas show that a large rock from space might have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago. The object, which probably weighed some 100,000 tons, is thought to have exploded in the Earth’s…

  • Can Polar Bears Survive Rapid Change in Climate Again?

    04.03.2010

    A team of scientists was able to determine that the polar bear is a relatively new species that rapidly adapted at a time when the Earth was beginning to warm at the end of an ice age, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…

  • Glacier Ice Loss in Alaska Overestimated; Rate Nonetheless Doubled over Past 40 Years

    04.03.2010

    According to a new study featured in Nature Geoscience that recalculates glacier melt in Alaska, previous studies might have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. The study shows that Alaskan glacier melts between 1962 and 2006 actually contributed about one-third less to sea-level rise…

  • Warmer Periods May Be Typical during Transitions between Interglacial and Glacial Eras

    04.03.2010

    The end of the last interglacial era some 115,000 years ago showed significant climate fluctuations, according to a new study. In Central and Eastern Europe, German and Russian climate researchers were able to find that the slow transition between the two latest glacial eras featured at least two possible warming…

  • Weak Ice Arches Allowing Sea Ice to Leave Arctic

    02.03.2010

    Large chunks of ice that clump together to form ice arches spanning the straits that lead out of the Arctic Ocean usually prevent the ice from moving around and fleeing the ocean. In recent years, however, these ice arches have been failing to form. The consequences of the resulting sea…

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  • The JARE-51/BELARE-SAMBA meteorite search program recovered a possible ureilite of 150-200 g (here next to a Gundam scale model of ~12 cm high). This rare type of meteorite is an achondrite (a stony meteorite from the mantle of a different planetoid), only known through similar Antarctic meteorite recovery programs.
  • Another view on the possible ureilite, in the field it is very difficult to distinguish from more common types of meteorite, such as ordinary chondrites. Ureilites are the third rarest type of meteorite after aubrites and diogenites.
  • Although a rather inauspicious specimen on first looks, this fragment is an iron meteorite originating from the deep core of a former small planet. The fusion crust is not as black as found for other meteorites, while the density is a lot higher.
  • Frontal view on the Shirase, the Japanese icebreaker that transported our team from Australia to Crown Bay, Antarctica where the journey to the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains began.
  • Meteorites and the traps in which they are caught are generally widespread in the Antarctic. To get the highest recovery, snow mobiles are used. For this mission, generally a V-shaped formation was applied with 15 to 25 m between each member of the search party. In this way, the explored surface area can easily reach 15 km2 per day.
  • Two pieces of a fragmented meteorite, exposed to the air long enough to be weathered and broken.

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