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New Proposal at International Whaling Commission Eliminates Loopholes and Considers Quotas
23.06.2010
As key governments taking part in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) consider the meeting a “make-or-break time", the IWC chair Christian Maquiera and vice-chair Anthony Liverpool have put forward a new proposal. In an effort to resolve fundamental differences by the end of the week,…
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Polar Oceans’ Influence on the Tropics
18.06.2010
Research conducted by an international team of scientists and recently published in the journal Science demonstrates a close link between the changes in the subpolar climate and the development of the modern tropical Pacific climate approximately 2 million years ago. The researchers studied the Northern Pacific and Southern Atlantic sea-surface…
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Scientists Herald Importance of Satellite Observations
16.06.2010
Scientists highlighted the exceptional contribution satellites have made to the International Polar Year (IPY) and charting the effects of climate change at the recent IPY Oslo Science Conference. During the IPY, the European Space Agency (ESA) provided coordinated observations of the Arctic and Antarctic using its Earth observation satellites such…
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Satellite Observations Important in Ice Thickness Monitoring
15.06.2010
Scientists underlined the importance of satellite monitoring of the Earth at the IPY Science Conference in Oslo. With the Arctic sea ice is on its way to hit yet another record summer minimum, scientists highlighted the contribution of satellites to the International Polar Year, helping provide a better understanding of…
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IPY Oslo Science Conference: Largest Ever Gathering of Polar Scientists
15.06.2010
Between the 8th and 12th of June 2010, about 2,300 scientists, policymakers, teachers, journalists and students gathered at the Norway Convention Centre in Lillestrøm close to Oslo at the largest ever gathering of the polar research community: the IPY Oslo Science Conference. During the five days of the conference, researchers,…
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Large Mammals Had an Impact on the Global Climate
27.05.2010
More than 13,000 years ago, millions of large mammals such as mammoths, mastodon, shrub-ox, bison, ground sloths and camels roamed the Americas and may have had profound influences on the environment according to research released in the publication Nature Geosciences Sunday.
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“Snowball Earth” Caused Major Changes in Past Carbon Cycle
05.05.2010
A new study recently published in the journal Science suggests that an episode known as “snowball earth”, which occurred some 720 million years ago, may have produced a dramatic change in the carbon cycle. This change could have in turn triggered future ice ages.
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Melting Icebergs Result in Sea Level Rise
30.04.2010
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters is the first assessment of the current loss of floating ice. A team of scientists has discovered that changes in the amount of ice floating in the polar oceans are causing sea levels to rise.
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NASA’s Operation Ice Bridge Offers Opportunity for CryoSat-2 Data Verification
27.04.2010
The DC-8 aircraft being used in NASA’s Operation Ice Bridge project (NASA’s six-year field campaign to bridge the gap between ICESat-I and ICSat-II missions) flew directly under CryoSat-2's orbital path as part of a campaign to validate CryoSat-2’s measurements of the ice. As both projects are currently working in the…
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NOAA: March 2010 Hottest March on Record
21.04.2010
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis, which is based on records going back to 1880, shows March 2010 to be hottest March on record. Analysis suggests the record is due to a combined global land and ocean surface temperature rise. Even…
