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Scientists to Study Seal Predation Habits in the Dark of the Antarctic Polar Night
31.08.2010
Scientists Randall Davis, Lee Fuiman, Terrie Williams and a team of researchers from Texas A & M University are heading to Antarctica in an effort to find out how Weddell seals behave and survive during the long polar night in Antarctica when there is little light available under the ice…
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NASA’s ICESat Satellite Has Re-entered Earth’s Atmosphere after Final Successful Scientific Mission
31.08.2010
NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) satellite was decommissioned after successfully completing its last scientific mission earlier this year and re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Monday, August 30th. Debris from the ICESat spacecraft fell to Earth in the Barents Sea at approximately 5:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (09:00 GMT).
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Study of Sea-bed Colonies of Bryozoans Suggest Evidence for Trans-Antarctic Seaway
31.08.2010
Within the framework of a study for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) had a look at sea-bed colonies of bryozoans. Analyzing these colonies, which stretch from coastal to deep-sea regions around Antarctica, the team found similarities in different species of bryozoans separated…
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CO2 Release from Oceans at End of Last Ice Age Occured at Regional, Not Global Scale, New Study Says
26.08.2010
In a recent paper published in the journal Nature, a team of scientists lead by Rutgers Univsersity in New Jersey suggest that a massive carbon dioxide escape from the oceans could have occurred over a 1,000 year period after the end of the last glaciation. The paper shows that the…
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Tortoises and Alligators Once Thrived in the Arctic, New Study Shows
25.08.2010
The results of a new study conducted on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, suggest that ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on the island despite six months of darkness per year. The new study, which was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, looked at…
