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Polar View and BAS Unveil New Interactive Antarctic Sea Ice Information Service
09.02.2010
Polar View, an international consortium of companies, government agencies and research institutes that provide satellite earth observation monitoring and forecasting services, has recently unveiled a new website providing major improvements to the quality of real-time sea ice information services it provides for the Antarctic. The website represents a greatly improved…
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CryoSat-2 Teams Prepare for Launch
26.01.2010
CryoSat-2, which is scheduled to be launched into space on February 25th from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is more than just a replica of the original CryoSat satellite lost in a launch failure in 2005. The latest version of the satellite benefits from software updates, and the updated set of systems and…
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Using Spy Satellites to Gain New Insight into Climate Change in the Arctic and Elsewhere
05.01.2010
As recently reported in the New York Times, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has in the past year restarted a program in which the assets the US government uses to gather intelligence, which includes spy satellites and classified sensors, are made available to scientists so they can gain a…
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Using Satellites to Track Wolves during the Arctic Winter
02.12.2009
Scientists are tracking the movements of wolves using satellites. In July on Ellesmere Island in Canada, US Geological Survey wolf researcher David Mech and Canadian biologist Dean Cluff equipped Brutus, a 9-year old wolf pack leader they first encountered in 2003, with a satellite collar.
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Global Warming Threatens Infrastructure in Canadas North
30.11.2009
Roads, buildings and other infrastructure in northern Canada will be increasingly affected by global warming with disastrous consequences as temperatures become increasingly milder in the area, according to a recent report by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).
