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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…
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Study Shows Hungry Polar Bears a Threat to Barnacle Geese in Svalbard
23.08.2010
Having just returned from a Svalbard expedition, a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) scientists confirmed that stranded polar bears are devastating breeding barnacle goose populations in the summer months while looking for food. According to their research, as the Arctic sea ice diminishes, polar bears, especially on the west coast…
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Satellite Images to Allow Accurate Mapping of Penguin Colonies over Broad Regions
10.08.2010
Biologists at the Australian Antarctic Division have found a new way to develop penguin habitat maps. Basing themselves on satellite images of the extent and repartition of penguin excrement, in combination with an estimate of penguin numbers within smaller parts of the habitat, they are now able to provide accurate…
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Antarctic Krill Survey Near Livingston Island Reveals Dense and Stable Populations in Shallow Waters
05.08.2010
The results of the first multiyear survey of Antarctic krill show that the coastal waters near Livingston Island have a significantly higher krill biomass density than offshore waters. In their study, published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, the team of researchers from Stony Brook University and…
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Tree Ring Study Shows Signs of Reversing Arctic Cooling
31.07.2010
While some parts of the Arctic have cooled over the past century, overall temperatures have seen a steady rise since 1990, according to a summer temperature reconstruction for the past 400 years. In their study, which was published in the journal Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, scientists from the Institute…
