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Methane Released by Northern Peat Lands Might Have Kickstarted past Global Warming
17.10.2006
Methane gas released by peat bogs in the northern-most third of the globe probably helped fuel the last major round of global warming, which drew the ice age to a close between 11,000 and 12,000 years ago, according to scientists from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Russian…
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Shrinking Ponds Signal Warmer, Dryer Alaska
16.10.2006
A first-of-its kind analysis of 50 years of remotely sensed imagery from the 1950s to 2002 shows a dramatic reduction in the size and number of more than 10,000 ponds in Alaska. The analysis, by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists indicates that these landscape-level changes in arctic ponds are associated…
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Bering Strait Flooded Earlier than Previously Thought
16.10.2006
Scientists have found new evidence that the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia flooded into the Arctic Ocean about 11,000 years ago, or about 1,000 years earlier than widely believed. This event closed off the land bridge thought to be the major route for human migration from Asia to the…
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Australian Research Ship on Antarctic Cleanup Duty and Penguin Watch
16.10.2006
The Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, said, on 12 October, that two of the more significant projects for the research vessel Aurora Australis this year, would be remediation of contaminated sites and technologically advanced monitoring of penguins foraging for krill, including assessing what impact future…
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Postkyoto Climate Talks May Last until 2010
13.10.2006
Talks on extending a U.N.-led fight against global warming beyond 2012 may last until 2010 to allow a wider U.S. role after President George W. Bush steps down, a U.N. expert said on Wednesday. "We need a deal that includes Kyoto and includes the United States," the U.N. expert told…
